Where does “barista” come from?
barista (Finnish) comes from Italian barista, from English barrister, from English Bar, from German bär, from Middle High German bër, from Old High German beri, from Proto-West Germanic baʀi, from Proto-Germanic bazją.
barista (Finnish): barista
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Ancestry of “barista”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | barista | barman male, barmaid female, bartender North American, barista |
| 2 | English | barrister | A lawyer with the right to speak and argue as an... |
| 3 | English | Bar | A solid, more or less rigid object of metal or wood with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length |
| 4 | German | bär | — |
| 5 | Middle High German | bër | bear |
| 6 | Old High German | beri | A berry |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | baʀi | berry |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | bazją | berry |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂- | to shine, glow light; to speak, say |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂-s-ri- | — |