wastina

== Latin == === Alternative forms === wostina, vastina, gastina, wastinia, wastena === Etymology === Borrowed from Frankish *wōstini (“desert, wilderness, waste”). Alternatively, though less likely due to the alternative forms listed above, from vastō (“to devastate, ravage or lay waste”) +‎ -īna. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [wasˈtiː.na] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [wasˈtiː.na] === Noun === wastīna f (genitive wastīnae); first declension (Medieval Latin) wasteland, uncultivated land ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== Old French: gastine, wastine, guastineMiddle French: gastineFrench: gâtine→ Middle English: wastyne, wastayne, wastene, wasteyn, wasteyne, wastin, wastine === References ===