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”).

Alternatively, from Proto-Germanic *barō (“bar, barrier”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH- (“to strike, pierce”), related to Latin forus (“plank”).

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
• Aragonese: barra
• Catalan: barra
• Galician: barra
• Italian: barra
• Occitan: barra
• Old French: barre
  • Middle French: barre
    • French: barre
      • → English: barre
      • → Romanian: bară
      • → Vietnamese: ba-rê
  • → Middle English: barre, barr, bar, bare
    • English: bar (see there for further descendants)
    • ⇒ Yola: baaree, baree
• Papiamentu: bara
• Portuguese: barra
• Sicilian: barra
• Spanish: barra