Where does “bacolo” come from?

bacolo (Italian) comes from Latin baculum, from Proto-Indo-European baḱ- — club, pointed stick, peg; pointed stick, peg.

bacolo (Italian): stick, cane; crook or crosier of a bishop

Definitions

  1. stick, cane; crook or crosier of a bishop

Ancestry of “bacolo”, step by step

bacolo traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin baculum

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinbaculumwalking stick, cane, staff; sceptre, rod; a...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbaḱ-club, pointed stick, peg; pointed stick, peg

via Latin blatta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinblattaany insect that shuns the light, e.g. cockroach,...

via Venetian bao

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Venetianbaoworm; bug
Every word from Proto-Indo-European baḱ-Every word from Latin baculum