Where does “bara” come from?

bara (Romanian) comes from French barré, from Middle French barre, from Old French barre, from Vulgar Latin barra, from Frankish bara, from Proto-Germanic barō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰerH- — to pierce; to strike; brown.

bara (Romanian): to bar; to block

Definitions

  1. to bar; to block

Ancestry of “bara”, step by step

bara traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French barré

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbarrépast participle of barrer; barred; bendy...
2Middle Frenchbarrebar
3Old Frenchbarrebar
4Vulgar Latinbarrabarrier
5Frankishbarabar, beam, barrier, fence
6Proto-Germanicbarōbeam, bar, barrier
7Proto-Indo-EuropeanbʰerH-to pierce; to strike; brown

via Serbo-Croatian bara

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianbarapuddle; genitive singular of bȃr
2Proto-Slavicbarapuddle, pond

Words derived from “bara”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰerH- →Every word from Proto-Germanic barō →Every word from Frankish bara →
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