Where does “badajo” come from?
badajo (Spanish) comes from Vulgar Latin battuaculum, from Latin battuere, from Proto-Indo-European bʰēdʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰedʰ- — to bend, to press; to stab, dig; to dig.
badajo (Spanish): clapper; penis
Ancestry of “badajo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Vulgar Latin | battuaculum | — |
| 2 | Latin | battuere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰēdʰ- | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰedʰ- | to bend, to press; to stab, dig; to dig |