Where does “baghetă” come from?

baghetă (Romanian) comes from French baguette, from Italian bacchetta, from Vulgar Latin baclitta, from Latin baculum, from Proto-Indo-European baḱ- — club, pointed stick, peg; pointed stick, peg.

baghetă (Romanian): rod

Definitions

  1. rod

Ancestry of “baghetă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbaguettestick, rod, any long thin object; baguette,...
2Italianbacchettarod, stick; drumstick; baton
3Vulgar Latinbaclitta—
4Latinbaculumwalking stick, cane, staff; sceptre, rod; a...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbaḱ-club, pointed stick, peg; pointed stick, peg
Every word from Proto-Indo-European baḱ- →Every word from Latin baculum →Every word from Vulgar Latin baclitta →