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barra.

bar

5 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈbarra/
  1. bar

    Proto-Italo-Western-Romance · declension-1 · feminine · reconstruction
  2. barrier

    Proto-Italo-Western-Romance · declension-1 · feminine · reconstruction
Where this word comes from

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”).

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