Reconstruction:Latin/barra

This Latin entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Latin

Etymology

Uncertain; possibly from Gaulish *barros (“the bushy end”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to bear, carry”),[1][2] 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”).(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbarra/

Noun

*barra f (oblique *barram); first declension (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

  1. bar
  2. barrier

Descendants

  • Aragonese: barra
  • Asturian: barra
  • → Basque: barra
  • Catalan: barra
  • Galician: barra
  • Italian: barra
  • Occitan: barra
  • Old French: barre
  • Papiamentu: bara
  • Portuguese: barra
  • Sicilian: barra
  • Spanish: barra

References

  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “bar”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
  2. ^ “bar”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
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