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Where does “bargelike” come from?

bargelike (English) comes from English barge, from Middle English barge, from Old French barge, from Vulgar Latin barga, from Latin Barca, from Latin bārica, from Latin bāris, from Ancient Greek βᾶρις — a type of ship used for traveling or transporting...

bargelike (English): Resembling or characteristic of a barge

Definitions

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a barge

Ancestry of “bargelike”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbargeA large flat-bottomed towed or self-propelled...
2Middle EnglishbargeA medium ship or boat, especially one protecting...
3Old Frenchbargeboat
4Vulgar Latinbarga—
5LatinBarca—
6Latinbārica—
7Latinbāris—
8Ancient Greekβᾶριςflat-bottomed boat, used in Egypt; farmhouse,...
9Copticⲃⲁⲁⲣⲉboat, barge
10Demoticbr—
11Egyptianbꜣjra type of ship used for traveling or transporting...
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