Etymology

barrack

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Today it means: A building for soldiers, especially within a garrison; originally referred to temporary huts, now usually to a permanent structure or set of buildings. Full definition →

French baraque ← Spanish barraca ← Catalan barraca
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barrack · noun, verb1

  1. Vulgar Latin · derived from*barrum“clay, mud”
  2. Vulgar Latin · derived from*barra“bar”
  3. Catalan · derived frombarraca
  4. Spanish · derived frombarraca
  5. French · borrowed frombaraque
  6. English todaybarrack

Borrowed from French baraque, from Spanish barraca or Catalan barraca, which is of uncertain origin. It is probably either a diminutive of Vulgar Latin *barra (“bar”), of unclear origin, or a diminutive of Vulgar Latin *barrum (“clay, mud”) from Celtiberian or Paleo-Hispanic.

Barrack · proper noun2

Scottish habitational surname.

Barrack · proper noun3

Variant of Barack.

Words from the same roots

Vulgar Latin*barra all →

barembargo

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