barr

barr · verb¹

1. Latin · derived frombarrus“elephant”
2. Late Latin · derived frombarriō
3. Old French · derived frombarrire
4. French · borrowed frombarrir“to trumpet; to make the sound of an elephant”
5. English todaybarr

From French barrir (“to trumpet; to make the sound of an elephant”), from Old French barrire, from Late Latin barriō, from Latin barrus (“elephant”).

barr · noun, verb²

See bar.

Barr · proper noun³

As a Scottish Gaelic and Irish surname, from barr (“height, hill, tip”). As an English surname, from bar.