barge

The story

1. Egyptianbꜣjr
2. Demotic Egyptianbr
3. Copticⲃⲁⲁⲣⲉ (baare)
4. Ancient Greekβᾶρῐς (bârĭs)
5. Latinbāris
6. Vulgar Latin*bārica
7. Late Latinbarca
8. Vulgar Latin*barga
9. Old Frenchbarge
10. Middle Englishbarge
11. English todaybarge

From Middle English barge, borrowed from Old French barge (“boat”), from Vulgar Latin *barga, a variant of Late Latin barca, a regular syncope of Vulgar Latin *barica, from Classical Latin bāris, from Ancient Greek βᾶρις (bâris, “Egyptian boat”), from Coptic ⲃⲁⲁⲣⲉ (baare, “small boat”), from Demotic Egyptian br, from Egyptian bꜣjrb-bA-A-y:r*Z1-P1 (“transport ship”). Doublet of bark, barque and baris.

Words from the same roots