Where does “bayonet” come from?

Bayonet comes from French baïonnette, named after Bayonne, a city in southwestern France where such weapons were allegedly manufactured.

bayonet (English): A pointed instrument of the dagger kind fitted on...

Definitions

  1. A pointed instrument of the dagger kind fitted on...

Ancestry of “bayonet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbaïonnettebayonet
2French-ettefemale equivalent of -et
3Latin-itta
4Hungarianiszikto drink
5Proto-Uralicjëxe-to drink; to flow?

Words derived from “bayonet

Every word from Proto-Uralic jëxe-Every word from French -etteEvery word from Hungarian iszik