Where does “Bari” come from?
Bari comes from Italian Bari, from Latin Barium, from Ancient Greek Βάριον, of unknown ultimate origin.
Bari (English): A Nilotic language of Sudan
Definitions
- A Nilotic language of Sudan
Ancestry of “Bari”, step by step
Bari traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English baritone
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | baritone | The male voice between tenor and bass; The... |
| 2 | Italian | baritono | baritone; barytone |
| 3 | Late Latin | barytonus | barytone |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | βαρύτονος | deep-sounding; barytone; having its acute accent... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | τόνος | rope, cord; chord; tone, note |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | tónos | rope, cord; tension |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | tónos | something stretched; chord, fiber, string |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ten- | to stretch, to extend |
via Italian bari
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | bari | second-person singular present indicative of... |
| 2 | Latin | Barium | situated on the coast of the Adriatic Sea, now Bari |
| 3 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 4 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |