badge

The story

1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*baugaz“ring, bracelet, armband”
2. Old Saxon · derived frombāg
3. Medieval Latin · derived frombaga“ring”
4. Medieval Latin · derived frombagea
5. Anglo-Norman · derived frombage
6. Middle English · inherited frombadge
7. English todaybadge

From Middle English badge, bagge, bage, bagy, from Anglo-Norman bage or Medieval Latin bagea, bagia (“sign, emblem”), of uncertain origin. Possibly derived from Medieval Latin baga (“ring”), from Old Saxon bāg, bōg (“ring, ornament”), from Proto-Germanic *baugaz (“ring, bracelet, armband”); or possibly the Anglo-Norman word is derived from an earlier, unattested English word (compare Old English bēag (“ring, bracelet, collar, crown”). Cognate with Scots bagie, badgie, bawgy (“badge”).

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