Where does “barrage” come from?
Barrage comes from French barrage, formed from French barre with the suffix -age, ultimately derived from Latin -aticum and -icus, both rooted in Proto-Indo-European -kos.
barrage (English): An artificial obstruction, such as a dam, in a...
Definitions
- An artificial obstruction, such as a dam, in a...
Ancestry of “barrage”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | barrage | dam, barrage; barrier, roadblock |
| 2 | French | barrer | to bar, bar up; to bar off; to cross out, strike... |
| 3 | English | Bar | A solid, more or less rigid object of metal or wood with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length |
| 4 | German | bär | — |
| 5 | Middle High German | bër | bear |
| 6 | Old High German | beri | A berry |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | baʀi | berry |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | bazją | berry |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂- | to shine, glow light; to speak, say |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂-s-ri- | — |