bacule

bacule · noun¹

1. Latin · derived frombattuō“beat”
2. Old French · derived frombattre
3. Old French · derived frombacul
4. French · derived frombacule
5. English todaybacule

From French bacule, from Old French bacul, from Old French battre + cul, from Latin battuō (“beat”) + cul (“bottom”). Cognate with French bascule.

bacule · noun²

1. Latin · borrowed frombaculum
2. English todaybacule

Borrowed from Latin baculum.

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