Latin

baculum

‘stick, staff, sceptre, cudgel’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin baculum.

18 English words in this record descend from Latin baculum, most familiar first.

• bailey ← baile ← bacula
• debacle ← débâcler ← bâcler ← *bacculare
• imbecile ← imbēcillus ← bacillum
• baguette ← bacchetta ← *baclitta
• bacillus
• imbecility ← inbecillite ← imbecilité ← imbēcillitās ← imbēcillus
• baculovirus
• baculum
• bacalao ← bakkeljauw ← *cabillao
• baccala ← bacalao ← bakkeljauw ← *cabillao
• baculiform
• bacule

More words from baculum

• baculite
• bacillar
• baculine
• kabeljou
• maquila
• makila

Etymograph / Latin baculum