Etymology

barrer

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Today it means: One who or that which bars. Full definition →

English bar ← Middle English barre ← Old French barre
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barrer · noun1

  1. Vulgar Latin*barra
  2. Old Frenchbarre
  3. Middle Englishbarre
  4. Englishbar
  5. English todaybarrer

From bar + -er.

barrer · noun2

Named after New Zealand-born chemist Richard Barrer.

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