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Where does “baio” come from?

baio (Italian) comes from Old French bai, from Latin badius, from Proto-Indo-European bodyos — yellow.

baio (Italian): bay

Definitions

  1. bay

Ancestry of “baio”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchbaibay-colored
2Latinbadiusreddish brown, chestnut colored, bay
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbodyosyellow

Words derived from “baio”

  • bajocco
  • baie
  • baia
  • baiocco
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