'baralipton' originates from Medieval Latin and the medieval scholastic tradition of naming syllogisms, specifically coined as a mnemonic assemblage of syllables rather than derived from a single classical root, where the assembled syllables served as memory aids for different syllogistic moods.

'baralipton' developed within medieval logic treatises as one of several mnemonic names (alongside names like 'Barbara' and 'Celarent') and was carried into modern descriptions of Aristotelian syllogistic forms when scholars catalogued these medieval mnemonics.

Initially, it referred strictly to a coined mnemonic label for a particular syllogistic form used by scholastic logicians; over time it has retained that specialized meaning and is now used mainly in historical and philosophical discussions of syllogisms.