baco

See also: Baco, baço, bacò, and bà cô

Dutch

Etymology

A compound of the initial syllables of bacardi cola, from Bacardi (a brand of rum - although any brand of rum may be used in a baco) and cola. Such clipped compounds are common in informal usage; compare for example vrijmibo, esma, gito.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbaː.koː/
Audio: (file)

Noun

baco m (plural baco's, diminutive bacootje n)

(informal) A rum and coke
Synonym: rum cola

Italian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈba.ko/
Rhymes: -ako
Hyphenation: bà‧co

Etymology 1

From Late Latin *bacius, formed from *bombacius, a variant of Latin bombyx.

Noun

baco m (plural bachi)

maggot, worm
flaw
bug (in a computer program)

Derived terms

baco da seta

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

baco

first-person singular present indicative of bacare

Latin

Alternative forms

baccō

Etymology

Borrowed from Frankish *bakō (“ham, flitch”).

Noun

bacō m (genitive bacōnis); third declension^[1]^[2]

(Medieval Latin) flitch of bacon

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	bacō	bacōnēs
Genitive	bacōnis	bacōnum
Dative	bacōnī	bacōnibus
Accusative	bacōnem	bacōnēs
Ablative	bacōne	bacōnibus
Vocative	bacō	bacōnēs

Derived terms

bacōnālis

Descendants

Old French: bacon, bacun, bacoun
- Middle French: bacon
- Picard: bacôn (Athois)
- → Middle English: bacoun
  - English: bacon (see there for further descendants)
  - Scots: bawcon
  - → Welsh: bacwn
  - Yola: bawkoon, bawcoon, bacoon, bakoon
Old Occitan: bacon
- Catalan: bacó, bacona
- Occitan: bacon

References

^ Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “baco”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 76
^ baco in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Minangkabau

Etymology

From Malay baca, from Sanskrit वाचा (vācā, “speech, voice”).

Verb

baco

to read

Romanian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈbako]

Noun

baco f

vocative singular of bacă

[1] Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “baco”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 76

[2] Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

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