Etymology

baris

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Today it means: A type of flat-bottomed freighter used on the Nile in Ancient Egypt, powered either by sail, or by being towed by a downstream raft driven by the current, while dragging a stone anchor to keep the course steady. Full definition →

Ancient Greek βᾶρις ← Coptic ⲃⲁⲁⲣⲉ ← Demotic Egyptian br
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The story

  1. Egyptian · derived frombꜣjr b-bA-A-y:r*Z1-P1
  2. Demotic Egyptian · derived frombr
  3. Coptic · derived fromⲃⲁⲁⲣⲉ
  4. Ancient Greek · learned borrowing fromβᾶρις
  5. English todaybaris

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek βᾶρις (bâris), from Coptic ⲃⲁⲁⲣⲉ (baare), from Demotic Egyptian br, from Egyptian bꜣjr b-bA-A-y:r*Z1-P1 Doublet of barge, bark and barque.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekβᾶρις all →

barkbargebarque

Copticⲃⲁⲁⲣⲉ all →

barkbargebarque

Demotic Egyptianbr all →

barkbargebarque

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.