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far.

husked wheat; grain, spelt; coarse meal, grits; sacrificial meal; dog's bread;

3 characters1 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈfar]Classical-Latin[ˈfar][ˈfar.r]Classical-Latin
  1. farro, a type of hulled wheat. (Most likely emmer (Triticum dicoccum or Triticum turgidum subsp. dicoccon) but often mistranslated as spelt (Triticum spelta))

    declension-3 · neuter
  2. coarse meal; grits

    declension-3 · neuter
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Italic *fars (“flour, grain”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰers- (“spike, prickle”); compare Welsh bara (“bread”), English barley, Serbo-Croatian brȁšno (“flour”), Albanian bar (“grass”), Ancient Greek Φηρῶν (Phērôn, “plant deity”).

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