baldacchino

Italian

Etymology

From Baldacca (“Baghdad”) +‎ -ino, named for where the material originally came from.

Noun

baldacchino m (plural baldacchini)

1. canopy
2. baldaquin

Derived terms

• letto a baldacchino (“four poster bed”)

Descendants

• → Catalan: baldaquí
• → French: baldaquin
• → Spanish: baldaquino

Further reading

• baldacchino in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana