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”), which is from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-, or from Proto-Germanic *barō (“bar, barrier”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbarra/

Noun

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

bar
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

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