Etymograph

English

bazaar

Bazaar may come from Middle French bazar.

  1. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600bazar1uncertain
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1842bazaar1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English bazaar
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1842, anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizab, (please specify the page): “...quoting a paragraph from the Morning Post which announced…”.

Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600bazarWiktionary, English bazaaruncertain
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1842bazaarWiktionary, English bazaar. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1842, anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizab, (please specify the page): “...quoting a paragraph from the Morning Post which announced…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *kʷel-

cycle, pole, polar, columnist, loaf, pulley, accolade, bucolic, 8 more

Today it means

noun A marketplace, particularly in the Middle East and South Asia, and often covered with shops and stalls.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “bazaar”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Middle French bazar / bazaar

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