Where does “bar laitier” come from?
bar laitier (French) comes from French bar, 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, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂-.
bar laitier (French): ice cream parlour
Definitions
- ice cream parlour
Ancestry of “bar laitier”, step by step
bar laitier traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French bar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | bar | A bar; A bass |
| 2 | English | Bar | A solid, more or less rigid object of metal or wood with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length |
| 3 | German | bär | — |
| 4 | Middle High German | bër | bear |
| 5 | Old High German | beri | A berry |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | baʀi | berry |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | bazją | berry |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂- | to shine, glow light; to speak, say |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂-s-ri- | — |
via French laitier
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | laitier | dairy, milk-related; milkman; dairy worker |
| 2 | French | lait | milk; An individual serving of milk; milk, semen |
| 3 | Old French | lait | milk; ugly; horrific; awful; terrible |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | laitus | unpleasant, ugly; unpleasant, disgusting, ugly |
| 5 | Frankish | laiþ | unpleasant, obstinate, odious; unpleasant,... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | laiþaz | loath; loathsome; disgusting; unwilling; averse;... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | leyt- | to scratch; to leave, die; to go, go forth, die |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | lēy- | to leave, let; to want, desire; to let; leave... |