Etymology

a baculo

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Latin ā baculō
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  1. Latin · learned borrowing fromā baculō
  2. English todaya baculo

Learned borrowing from Latin ā baculō (literally “by means of the rod”), from ā (“of, from”) + baculō (“sceptre, rod”), ablative singular of baculum.

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