Where does “crossbarring” come from?
crossbarring (English) comes from English barring, 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 — to pierce; to strike; brown.
crossbarring (English): A pattern of lines crossing each other
Definitions
- A pattern of lines crossing each other
Ancestry of “crossbarring”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | barring | present participle of bar; Bars; an arrangement... |
| 2 | English | bar | A solid, more or less rigid object of metal or... |
| 3 | French | barre | bar, cake, ingot; Clipping of barre oblique: the... |
| 4 | Middle French | barre | bar |
| 5 | Old French | barre | bar |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | barra | barrier |
| 7 | Frankish | bara | bar, beam, barrier, fence |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | barō | beam, bar, barrier |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰerH- | to pierce; to strike; brown |