Where does “bizarre” come from?

Bizarre comes from French bizarre, from Basque bizar, from Proto-Basque bizaŕ, ultimately from Proto-Basque buz-.

bizarre (English): strangely unconventional in style or appearance

Definitions

  1. strangely unconventional in style or appearance

Ancestry of “bizarre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbizarrebizarre, odd; peculiar, quaint
2Italianbizzarroodd, queer, eccentric, bizarre, weird; frisky

Words derived from “bizarre”

Every word from Italian bizzarro →Every word from French bizarre →