Where does “koroba” come from?
koroba (Tok Pisin) comes from English crowbar, from English bar, from French barre, from Middle French barre, from Old French barre, from Vulgar Latin barra, from Frankish bara, from Proto-Germanic barō — to pierce; to strike; brown.
koroba (Tok Pisin): crowbar
Ancestry of “koroba”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | crowbar | An iron or steel bar, often with a flattened end... |
| 2 | English | bar | A solid, more or less rigid object of metal or... |
| 3 | French | barre | bar, cake, ingot; Clipping of barre oblique: the... |
| 4 | Middle French | barre | bar |
| 5 | Old French | barre | bar |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | barra | barrier |
| 7 | Frankish | bara | bar, beam, barrier, fence |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | barō | beam, bar, barrier |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰerH- | to pierce; to strike; brown |