Where does “barricade” come from?
Barricade comes from French barricade, formed with the French suffix -ade from Occitan -ada from Latin -ata, derived from Latin barra meaning bar or rod.
barricade (English): A barrier constructed across a road, especially...
Definitions
- A barrier constructed across a road, especially...
Ancestry of “barricade”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | barricade | barricade; first-person singular present... |
| 2 | French | -ade | Used to form collectives; Indicating a dish or... |
| 3 | Occitan | -ada | -ing |
| 4 | Latin | -ata | nominative feminine singular of -ātus; nominative... |
| 5 | Latin | -atus | -ed, -ate, -like; Form of -tus appended to nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -ātos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂tos | — |
Words derived from “barricade”