Where does “bâton” come from?

bâton (French) comes from Latin bastum, from Vulgar Latin basto, from Latin bastāre, from Ancient Greek βαστάζω — to lift, lift up, raise; to bear, carry; to carry...

bâton (French): stick; baton

Definitions

  1. stick; baton

Ancestry of “bâton”, step by step

bâton traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin bastum

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinbastumA stick
2Vulgar Latinbastoto suffice; I am enough or sufficient; I suffice;...
3Latinbastāre—
4Ancient Greekβαστάζωto lift, lift up, raise; to bear, carry; to carry...

via Old French baston

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchbastonstick, truncheon
2Late Latinbastumstick, staff, rod, pole

Words derived from “bâton”

Every word from Ancient Greek βαστάζω →Every word from Latin bastāre →Every word from Vulgar Latin basto →