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Where does “Barbour” come from?

Barbour derives from Old French barbour, a word of uncertain origin and meaning.

Ancestry of “Barbour”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchbarbourbarber
2Old French-ourAlternative form of -or
3Latin-orused to form a third-declension masculine...
4Proto-Italic-ōsCreates masculine action nouns or result nouns...
5Proto-Indo-European-ōsCreates masculine and feminine action nouns or...
6Proto-Indo-European-oss—
7Proto-Indo-European-osCreates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...
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