Where does “barrique” come from?

barrique (Italian) comes from French barrique, from Old Occitan barrica, from Vulgar Latin barrica, from Latin barra, from Gaulish barros — the bushy end.

barrique (Italian): barrique oak barrel of about 200 litre capacity, for storing wine

Definitions

  1. barrique oak barrel of about 200 litre capacity, for storing wine

Ancestry of “barrique”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbarriquebarrel, cask; fatty, fatso
2Old Occitanbarrica
3Vulgar Latinbarricabarrel, cask
4Latinbarrabar; barrier
5Gaulishbarrosthe bushy end
Every word from Gaulish barrosEvery word from Latin barraEvery word from Vulgar Latin barrica