< Reconstruction:Latin
Reconstruction:Latin/barra
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 (genitive *barrae); first declension
- bar
- barrier
Descendants
- Aragonese: barra
- Asturian: barra
- → Basque: barra
- Aragonese: barra
- Catalan: barra
- Galician: barra
- Italian: barra
- Occitan: barra
- Old French: barre
- → Middle English: barre
- English: bar (see there for further descendants)
- Middle French: barre
- French: barre
- → English: barre
- → Vietnamese: ba-rê
- French: barre
- → Middle English: barre
- Papiamentu: bara
- Portuguese: barra
- Romanian: bară
- Sicilian: barra
- Spanish: barra