Where does “bark” come from?
bark (Polish) comes from English barque, from Middle English barke, from Middle French barque, from Occitan barca, from Old Occitan barca, from Late Latin barca, from Vulgar Latin *barica, from Classical Latin bāris — a type of ship used for traveling or transporting...
bark (Polish): shoulder; barque; unit in the Bark scale
Definitions
- shoulder; barque; unit in the Bark scale
Ancestry of “bark”, step by step
bark traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English barque
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | barque | A sailing vessel of three or more masts, with all... |
| 2 | Middle English | barke | A seafaring vessel; Alternative form of bark;... |
| 3 | Middle French | barque | small ship |
| 4 | Occitan | barca | dinghy, boat |
| 5 | Old Occitan | barca | — |
| 6 | Late Latin | barca | small watercraft; small watercraft, barge, bark |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | *barica | — |
| 8 | Classical Latin | bāris | — |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | βᾶρις | flat-bottomed boat, used in Egypt; farmhouse,... |
| 10 | Coptic | ⲃⲁⲁⲣⲉ | boat, barge |
| 11 | Demotic | br | — |
| 12 | Egyptian | bꜣjr | a type of ship used for traveling or transporting... |