Etymology

disbar

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Today it means: To expel from the bar, or the legal profession; to deprive (an attorney, barrister, or counselor) of his or her status and privileges as such. Full definition →

English bar ← Middle English barre ← Old French barre
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  3. Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
  4. Proto-Italic*dis-
  5. Latindis-
  6. Old Frenchdes-
  7. Latindis-
  8. Middle Englishdis-
  9. Englishdis-
  10. Vulgar Latin*barra
  11. Old Frenchbarre
  12. Middle Englishbarre
  13. Englishbar
  14. English todaydisbar

From dis- + bar.

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