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Originally Posted by Gaurnim
I don't think so, as this word is also present in italian (bastardo).
To me, this speaks more of a latin origin, and so of the english nicking the word from either latin, french or italian.
I'd say they took it from the french based on the so friendly common history.
After all, insults are one of the first things one learns in a foreign language, especially your ennemy's.
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I think it has a Germanic root, not a Latin one.