Where does “bari” come from?
bari (Papiamentu) comes from Kabuverdianu bari, from Portuguese varrer, from Old Portuguese varrer, from Latin verrere, from Latin verro, from Proto-Indo-European wers-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.
bari (Papiamentu): to wipe
Ancestry of “bari”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Kabuverdianu | bari | to wipe; to sweep |
| 2 | Portuguese | varrer | to sweep; to devastate or expel something... |
| 3 | Old Portuguese | varrer | — |
| 4 | Latin | verrere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 5 | Latin | verro | I scrape, sweep out or up, brush, scour, clean... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wers- | to wipe; peak, height |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |