Where does “patchbay” come from?

patchbay (English) comes from English Bay, from French baie, from French bai, from Old French bai, from Latin badius, from Proto-Indo-European bodyos — yellow.

patchbay (English): A device that connects the inputs and outputs of a number of electric musical instruments such that they may be routed together

Definitions

  1. A device that connects the inputs and outputs of a number of electric musical instruments such that they may be routed together

Ancestry of “patchbay”, step by step

patchbay traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Bay

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishBayA body of water (especially the sea) contained by a concave shoreline
2Frenchbaieberry; bay; feminine singular of bai
3Frenchbaibay
4Old Frenchbaibay-colored
5Latinbadiusreddish brown, chestnut colored, bay
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbodyosyellow

via English patch

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpatchA piece of cloth, or other suitable material,...
2Italianpazzocrazy, insane; madman
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bodyos →Every word from Latin badius →Every word from Old French bai →