Etymology of the French word barre

Date

The earliest known usage of barre in French dates from the 12th century.

Derivations in French

embarrer, barriere, barrette, barrière, barrot, barreau, barreur, rebarrer, barrette, barriste, barrer

Derivations in other languages

English barre, Romanian bară

Cognates

Danish barre, Dutch bar, Dutch bes, English berry, English bare, French bar, French barrer, German bar, German Bar, German Barre, German Barren, German Beere, Icelandic ber, Icelandic bar, Italian barra, Norwegian barre, Provençal barra, Provençal barrar, Spanish barrar, Spanish barra, Swedish bar, Swedish barr, Swedish bär

Usage

Word found in Old French