Etymology

baculum

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Today it means: A bone found in the penis of some placental mammals. Full definition →

Latin baculum
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  1. Latin · learned borrowing frombaculum“stick, staff, sceptre, cudgel”
  2. English todaybaculum

Learned borrowing from Latin baculum (“stick, staff, sceptre, cudgel”).

Words from the same roots

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