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
- A pointed instrument of the dagger kind fitted on...
Ancestry of “bayonet”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | baïonnette | bayonet |
| 2 | French | -ette | female equivalent of -et |
| 3 | Latin | -itta | — |
| 4 | Hungarian | iszik | to drink |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | jëxe- | to drink; to flow? |
Words derived from “bayonet”