Where does “باک” come from?
باک (Persian) comes from Russian бак, from Dutch bakboord, from Dutch bak, from French bac, from French baccalauréat, from Medieval Latin baccalaureatus, from Latin baccalaureus, from Latin laurea — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
باک (Persian): dread, fear; anxiety, care; gas tank
Definitions
- dread, fear; anxiety, care; gas tank
Ancestry of “باک”, step by step
باک traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Russian бак
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | бак | forecastle; container, receptacle; tank |
| 2 | Dutch | bakboord | port |
| 3 | Dutch | bak | a container, such as a box, a crate, a tray or a... |
| 4 | French | bac | ferry; vat; high school exit exam in France; A... |
| 5 | French | baccalauréat | baccalaureat; bachelor's degree |
| 6 | Medieval Latin | baccalaureatus | bachelor's degree |
| 7 | Latin | baccalaureus | bachelor |
| 8 | Latin | laurea | laurel, bay tree; crown, wreath or branch of... |
| 9 | Latin | laurus | laurel tree; laurels; a crown of laurel |
| 10 | English | -aceous | Of, relating to, resembling or containing the... |
| 11 | Latin | -āceus | aceous; resembling, having the nature of, forming, belonging to |
| 12 | Latin | -āx | ish, -y |
| 13 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 14 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 15 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
via Old Frisian wāk
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Frisian | wāk | — |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | waikw | weak, soft, pliable |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | waikwaz | weak, soft, pliable |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | weyḱ- | to enter in; to settle; settlement |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | wey- | to wither; fade; to move, go ahead; to be strong;... |
via Arabic بقاء
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arabic | بقاء | verbal noun of بَقِيَ; remaining, lasting,... |