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Where does “copperbar” come from?

copperbar (English) comes from English bar, from French barre, from Middle French barre, from Old French barre, from Vulgar Latin barra, from Frankish bara, from Proto-Germanic barō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰerH- — to pierce; to strike; brown.

copperbar (English): An animated horizontal bar of colour that extends...

Definitions

  1. An animated horizontal bar of colour that extends...

Ancestry of “copperbar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbarA solid, more or less rigid object of metal or...
2Frenchbarrebar, cake, ingot; Clipping of barre oblique: the...
3Middle Frenchbarrebar
4Old Frenchbarrebar
5Vulgar Latinbarrabarrier
6Frankishbarabar, beam, barrier, fence
7Proto-Germanicbarōbeam, bar, barrier
8Proto-Indo-EuropeanbʰerH-to pierce; to strike; brown
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