bacalao
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish bacalao.
Noun edit
bacalao (uncountable)
Spanish edit
Alternative forms edit
- bacallao
- bacalado (nonstandard, hypercorrection)
Etymology edit
From Dutch bakaliaw, Old Dutch bakeljauw, kabeljauw, of uncertain origin. Possibly from Latin baculum (“stick, staff”), referring to the way cod were split and dried on wooden sticks. Or, possibly borrowed or influenced by Basque bakailao, which could be related to the Dutch word.
Cognate with Italian baccalà, Portuguese bacalhau, Galician bacallau, Catalan bacallà.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bacalao m (plural bacalaos)
- cod
- dried and salted cod
Derived terms edit
References edit
- Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN
Further reading edit
- “bacalao”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014