Where does “batsicle” come from?

batsicle (English) comes from English bat, from French bât, from Old French bast, from Vulgar Latin bastum, from Latin bastāre, from Ancient Greek βαστάζω — to lift, lift up, raise; to bear, carry; to carry...

batsicle (English): A cold or frozen bat

Definitions

  1. A cold or frozen bat

Ancestry of “batsicle”, step by step

batsicle traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English bat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbatAny of the flying mammals of the order...
2Frenchbâtpacksaddle
3Old Frenchbastpacksaddle
4Vulgar LatinbastumA stick
5Latinbastāre
6Ancient Greekβαστάζωto lift, lift up, raise; to bear, carry; to carry...

via English sicle

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsicleA shekel
2Frenchsicleshekel weight
3Latinsiclusshekel
4Hebrewשֶׁקֶלsheqel; shekel
5Akkadianšiqlumshekel
6Proto-Semiticṯqlto weigh; burden, weight
Every word from Ancient Greek βαστάζω
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