bare

bare · adjective, adverb, noun¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · inherited from*bʰosós
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*bazaz“bare, naked”
3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*baʀ
4. Old English · inherited frombær“bare, naked, open”
5. Middle English · inherited frombare
6. English todaybare

From Middle English bare, bar, from Old English bær (“bare, naked, open”), from Proto-West Germanic *baʀ, from Proto-Germanic *bazaz (“bare, naked”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰosós, from *bʰos- (“bare, barefoot”). Cognate with Scots bare, bair (“bare”), Saterland Frisian bar (“bare”), West Frisian baar (“bare”), Dutch bar (“bare”), German bar (“bare”), Swedish bar (“bare”), Icelandic ber (“bare”), Lithuanian basas (“barefoot, bare”), Polish bosy (“barefoot”).

bare · verb²

1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*bazōną“to bare, make bare”
2. Old English · inherited frombarian
3. Middle English · inherited frombaren
4. English todaybare

From Middle English baren, from Old English barian, from Proto-Germanic *bazōną (“to bare, make bare”).

bare · verb³

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