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Where does “barrica” come from?

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

Ancestry of “barrica”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinbarricabarrel, cask
2Latinbarrabar; barrier
3Gaulishbarrosthe bushy end

Words derived from “barrica”

  • barricade
  • unbarricade
  • barricader
  • barrique
  • barrique
  • barricata
  • barricade
  • barricader
  • barrique
  • Barrikade
  • verbarrikadieren
  • barrikad
  • barrikadera
  • barikád
  • barikádok
  • barrikada
Every word from Gaulish barros →