Where does “baca” come from?

baca (Catalan) comes from French bâche, from Old French baschoe, from Latin bascauda — a woven mat or vessel to hold basketwork.

baca (Catalan): luggage rack, roof rack of a car

Definitions

  1. luggage rack, roof rack of a car

Ancestry of “baca”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbâchetarpaulin; tank; tide pool
2Old Frenchbaschoe
3Latinbascaudaa woven mat or vessel to hold basketwork
Every word from Latin bascaudaEvery word from Old French baschoeEvery word from French bâche