Etymology

baz

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Today it means: A metasyntactic variable used to stand for some unspecified entity; typically the third in a series after foo and bar. Full definition →

Persian باز ← Spanish Baz
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The story

  1. Spanish · borrowed fromBaz
  2. Persian · borrowed fromباز“falcon”
  3. English todayBaz

Two main origins: * Borrowed from Persian باز (bâz, “falcon”). * Borrowed from Spanish Baz.

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