noun · femininefirst declension
barra
*barra f (oblique *barram)
Meaning
- Proto Italo Western Romancefemininereconstructionbar
- Proto Italo Western Romancefemininereconstructionbarrier
Origins
Uncertain; possibly from Gaulish *barros (“the bushy end”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to bear, carry”), though this is now largely discredited. Alternatively, from Proto-Germanic *barō (“bar, barrier”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH- (“to strike, pierce”), related to Latin forus (“plank”).
Descendants
- Catalanbarra
- Italianbarra
- Occitanbarra
- Frenchbarrefrom Old French barre
- Englishbarrefrom Old French barre
- Romanianbarăfrom Old French barre
- Englishbarfrom Old French barre
- Portuguesebarra
- Spanishbarra
- Aragonesebarra