Where does “toolbar” come from?

Toolbar comes from English tool and bar, where bar derives from French barre, Ancient Greek βαρύς, and ultimately Proto-Indo-European bʰerH-.

toolbar (English): A row of buttons, usually marked with icons, used...

Definitions

  1. A row of buttons, usually marked with icons, used...

Ancestry of “toolbar”, step by step

toolbar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Bar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishBarA solid, more or less rigid object of metal or wood with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length
2Germanbär—
3Middle High Germanbërbear
4Old High GermanberiA berry
5Proto-West Germanicbaʀiberry
6Proto-Germanicbazjąberry
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂-to shine, glow light; to speak, say
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂-s-ri-—

via English tool

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtoolA mechanical device intended to make a task...
2Middle EnglishtoolA tool, implement, or instrument; A instrument of...
3Old Englishtōltool, implement, instrument
4Proto-Germanictōlątool
5Proto-Indo-Europeandewh₂-to fit

Words derived from “toolbar”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂-s-ri- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂- →Every word from Proto-Germanic bazją →