Where does “barricade” come from?
barricade (French) comes from French barrique, from Old Occitan barrica, from Vulgar Latin barrica, from Latin barra, from Gaulish barros — the bushy end.
barricade (French): barricade; first-person singular present...
Definitions
- barricade; first-person singular present...
Ancestry of “barricade”, step by step
barricade traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French barrique
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | barrique | barrel, cask; fatty, fatso |
| 2 | Old Occitan | barrica | — |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | barrica | barrel, cask |
| 4 | Latin | barra | bar; barrier |
| 5 | Gaulish | barros | the bushy end |
via Italian barricata
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | barricata | barricade; feminine singular of barricato |