I know, right ?!
That's because "baguette" doesn't come from "bague" + diminutive "-ette".
It's apparently taken from Italian "bacchetta", meaning "small stick", probably from Latin "baculum" ("stick").
Fun fact : baculum is the name of penis bones, for the animals who have them.
Also, words that derive from the Latin "baculum" :
- bacillus (the stick-shaped bacteria)
- imbecile (feeble : without a cane, a stick)
- and in old French : bail (a kind of pike) and baile (a palisade).
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That's because "baguette" doesn't come from "bague" + diminutive "-ette".
It's apparently taken from Italian "bacchetta", meaning "small stick", probably from Latin "baculum" ("stick").
Fun fact : baculum is the name of penis bones, for the animals who have them.
- bacillus (the stick-shaped bacteria)
- imbecile (feeble : without a cane, a stick)
- and in old French : bail (a kind of pike) and baile (a palisade).