Where does “baroque” come from?

baroque (French) comes from Middle French baroque, from Italian barocco, from Latin verrūca, from Proto-Indo-European wers-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.

baroque (French): baroque (all senses)

Definitions

  1. baroque (all senses)

Ancestry of “baroque”, step by step

baroque traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle French baroque

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchbaroque—
2Italianbaroccobaroque; baroque or Baroque
3Latinverrūcaa steep place, height
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwers-to wipe; peak, height
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel

via Portuguese Barroco

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PortugueseBarrocoBaroque a style of art, music and architecture from the early modern era
2Portuguesebarromud; clay
3Vulgar Latinbarrumclay, mud; accusative singular of barrus

Words derived from “baroque”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wers- →Every word from Latin verrūca →