Where does “barrique” come from?

barrique (English) comes from French barrique, from Old Occitan barrica, from Vulgar Latin barrica, from Latin barra, from Gaulish barros — the bushy end.

barrique (English): A barrel or cask of varying capacity, very...

Definitions

  1. A barrel or cask of varying capacity, very...

Ancestry of “barrique”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbarriquebarrel, cask; fatty, fatso
2Old Occitanbarrica—
3Vulgar Latinbarricabarrel, cask
4Latinbarrabar; barrier
5Gaulishbarrosthe bushy end
Every word from Gaulish barros →Every word from Latin barra →Every word from Vulgar Latin barrica →