English
bazaar
Bazaar may come from Middle French bazar.
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600bazaruncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 1842bazaar
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600bazaruncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 1842bazaar
Earliest quotation: 1842, anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizab, (please specify the page): “...quoting a paragraph from the Morning Post which announced…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *kʷel-
cycle, pole, polar, columnist, loaf, pulley, accolade, bucolic, 9 more
Today it means
noun A marketplace, particularly in the Middle East and South Asia, and often covered with shops and stalls.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle French bazar / bazaar