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

  1. From or characteristic of the Baroque period

Ancestry of “Baroque”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbaroquebaroque (all senses)
2Middle Frenchbaroque
3Italianbaroccobaroque; baroque or Baroque
4Latinverrūcaa steep place, height
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwers-to wipe; peak, height
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel

Words derived from “Baroque

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