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Etymology
Dictionary
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Origin of the word BAYONET.
Etymology of the word
BAYONET.
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From An Etymology
Dictionary of the English Language, by Walter W. Skeat, 1893 |
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BAYONET,
a dagger at the end of a gun. (F.) Used by Burke; Select
Works, ed. E. J. Payne, i. 111, l. 15. Introduced in the 17th
century, from F. baïonnette, formerly bayonette. So
called from Bayonne, in France, where they are said to have been first made,
about 1650-1660. It was used at Killiecrankie in 1689, and at
Marsaglia by the French, in 1693. See Haydn, Dict. of Dates. [†]
ADDENDA
The word, as Richardson
points out, occurs as early as in Cotgrave, who has: 'Bayonnette, a
kinde of small flat pocket dagger, furnished with knives; or a great knife to
hang at the girdle like a dagger.' Hence the usual story, that they
were first made at Bayonne about 1650, cannot be correct. The
etymology, from Bayonne (accepted both by Littré
and Scheler) may still be right;
but it is clear that the word at first meant a kind of dagger independent of a
gun. The first edition of Cotgrave was that of 1611.
There is a good ntoe upon the word in N. and Q. 3 S. xii. 287.
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| Etymology
Dictionary Index |
| A, B,
C, D, E,
F, G, H,
I, J, K,
L, M, N,
O, P, Q,
R, S, T,
U, V, W,
X, Y, Z
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| Key |
| Arab.=Arabic. |
| A.S.=Anglo
Saxon. |
| Bavar.=Bavarian |
| Bohem.=Bohemian. |
| C.=Celtic,
used as a general term for Irish, Gaelic, Welsh, Breton,
Cornish, &c. |
| Corn.=Cornish. |
| Dan.=Danish. |
| Du.=Dutch |
| E.=English. |
| E.E.=Early
English. |
| Europ.=European. |
| F.=French. |
| G.=German. |
| Gk.=Greek. |
| Goth.=Gothic. |
| Icel.=Icelandic. |
| Ital.=Italian. |
| L. or
Lat.=Latin. |
| Lith.
& Lithuan.=Lithuanian. |
| M.E.=Middle
English. |
| M.F.=Middle
French |
| M.H.G.=Middle
High German. |
| Norw.=Norwegian. |
| O.F.=Old
French. |
| O.H.G.=Old
High German. |
| Pers.=Persian. |
| Port.=Portuguese. |
| Scand.=Scandinavian,
used as a general term for Icelandic, Swedish, Danish,
&c. |
| Sc.=Scottish. |
| Skt.=Sanskrit. |
| Span.=Spanish. |
| Swed.=Sweish. |
| Teut.=Teutonic |
| Turk.=Turkish. |
| W.=Welsh. |
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