Etymology of the English word badass
the English word
badassderived from the English word
assderived from the English word
assderived from the Latin word
asinus (ass, donkey; blockhead; of, connected with an ass, donkey)
derived from the Late Latin word
erderived from the English word
badusing the English prefix
bad-derived from the Proto-Germanic root
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Word found in Modern English