Where does “batoon” come from?

batoon (English) comes from French bâton, from Latin bastum, from Vulgar Latin basto, from Latin bastāre, from Ancient Greek βαστάζω — to lift, lift up, raise; to bear, carry; to carry...

batoon (English): A baton; Archaic form of baton

Definitions

  1. A baton; Archaic form of baton

Ancestry of “batoon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbâtonstick; baton
2LatinbastumA stick
3Vulgar Latinbastoto suffice; I am enough or sufficient; I suffice;...
4Latinbastāre—
5Ancient Greekβαστάζωto lift, lift up, raise; to bear, carry; to carry...
Every word from Ancient Greek βαστάζω →