Etymology

bargello

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Today it means: A police or military chief in medieval Italian comuni. Full definition →

Italian bargello
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bargello · noun1

  1. Italian · borrowed frombargello
  2. English todaybargello

From Italian bargello.

Bargello · noun2

  1. Late Latin · derived frombarigildus
  2. Italian · borrowed frombargello“police headquarters”
  3. English todayBargello

After a series of chairs found in the Bargello palace in Florence, which have a similar pattern. The palace takes its name from Italian bargello (“police headquarters”), from Late Latin barigildus, derived from the Frankish or Gothic equivalent of English borough.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.