Etymology

baro-

Today it means: pressure Full definition →

Ancient Greek βᾰ́ρος (bắros) ← Proto-Hellenic *gʷarus ← Proto-Indo-European *gʷréh₂us
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʷreh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*gʷréh₂us
  3. Proto-Hellenic*gʷarus
  4. Ancient Greekβαρύς (barús)
  5. Ancient Greekβᾰ́ρος (bắros)
  6. English todaybaro-

From Ancient Greek βάρος (báros, “weight”), from βαρύς (barús, “heavy”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekβάρος all →

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