bagasse

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Etymology

From French bagasse, from Spanish bagazo, from baga (“berry”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bəˈɡæs/
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Noun

bagasse (countable and uncountable, plural bagasses)

  1. The residue from processing sugar cane after the juice is extracted.

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Etymology 1

Attested since the 1720s, from Spanish bagazo, from baga (“berry”).

Noun

bagasse f (plural bagasses)

  1. bagasse (residue from processing sugar cane after extracting the juice)
  2. residue of indigo after extracting the dye by fermentation
Descendants
  • → English: bagasse

Etymology 2

Attested since the 1580s, from Old Occitan bagassa (“whore”), from Gallo-Roman *bacassa ("servant"). Some scholars previously postulated an origin in Arabic بَاغِيَة (bāḡiya, “prostitute”), from بَغَاء (baḡāʔ), but this was doubted by Émile Littré and is now considered unlikely.

Noun

bagasse f (plural bagasses)

  1. a female prostitute
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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “bagasse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
  2. ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*bacassa”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 1: A–B, pages 196–197
  3. ^ F. Vernet, Que dalle ! Quand l'argot parle occitan (Bouloc: IEO Edicions, 2007)
  4. ^ Pierre Larousse, Grand dictionnaire universel du XIXe siècle, book II (Paris, 1865), page 45
  5. ^ Antoine-Paulin Pihan, Dictionnaire étymologique des mots de la langue française dérivés de l'arabe (Paris, 1866), page 54
  6. ^ Stephen Weston, A Specimen of the Conformity of the European Languages (London, 1803), page 25
  7. ^ S. J. Honorat, Dictionnaire Provençal-Français, ou Dictionnaire de la Langue d’Oc, book I (Digne, 1846), page 211
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