Where does “Baroque” come from?
Baroque derives from Portuguese barroco, a term of uncertain ultimate origin whose meaning in the historical style context developed from earlier senses of irregularity or oddness.
Baroque (English): From or characteristic of the Baroque period
Definitions
- From or characteristic of the Baroque period
Ancestry of “Baroque”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | baroque | baroque |
| 2 | Middle French | baroque | — |
| 3 | Italian | barocco | baroque; baroque or Baroque |
| 4 | Latin | verrūca | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | wers- | to wipe; peak, height |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |