Where does “bizarro” come from?

bizarro (English) comes from English bizarre, from French bizarre, from Italian bizzarro — odd, queer, eccentric, bizarre, weird; frisky.

bizarro (English): Bizarre, unsettling, creepy; Being the opposite...

Definitions

  1. Bizarre, unsettling, creepy; Being the opposite...

Ancestry of “bizarro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishbizarrestrangely unconventional in style or appearance
2Frenchbizarrebizarre, odd; peculiar, quaint
3Italianbizzarroodd, queer, eccentric, bizarre, weird; frisky
Every word from Italian bizzarro →Every word from French bizarre →Every word from English bizarre →