'baphometic' originates from Modern English, specifically formed from the proper name 'Baphomet' (the name of a symbolic occult figure), where the adjective-forming suffix '-ic' means 'related to'.

'Baphomet' appears in medieval and early modern European sources (e.g. Old French/Medieval Latin representations such as 'Bafomet' or corruptions of 'Mahomet'), and the modern English adjective 'baphometic' developed by adding the suffix '-ic' to that name.

Initially, 'Baphomet' was a proper name cited in accusations, legends, and occult writings; over time the derived adjective 'baphometic' came to mean 'relating to Baphomet' and more broadly 'pertaining to satanic or occult characteristics.'