Where does “baguette” come from?

Baguette comes from French baguette, from Italian bacchetta, from Vulgar Latin baclitta, from Latin baculum meaning "staff" or "stick," from Proto-Indo-European bak-.

baguette (English): A narrow, relatively long rectangular shape; A...

Definitions

  1. A narrow, relatively long rectangular shape; A...

Ancestry of “baguette”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbaguettestick, rod, any long thin object; baguette,...
2Italianbacchettarod, stick; drumstick; baton
3Vulgar Latinbaclitta—
4Latinbaculumwalking stick, cane, staff; sceptre, rod; a...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbaḱ-club, pointed stick, peg; pointed stick, peg

Words derived from “baguette”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European baḱ- →Every word from Latin baculum →Every word from Vulgar Latin baclitta →