Etymology

millibar

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Today it means: A non-SI unit of pressure equal to 100 pascals, used primarily to report atmospheric pressure. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sem-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sm̥-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*smih₂
  4. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰes-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰéslom
  6. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰéslih₂
  7. Proto-Indo-European*smih₂ǵʰéslih₂
  8. Proto-Italic*smīɣeslī
  9. Latinmīlle
  10. Frenchmilli-
  11. Englishmilli-
  12. Vulgar Latin*barra
  13. Old Frenchbarre
  14. Middle Englishbarre
  15. Englishbar
  16. English todaymillibar

From milli- + bar.

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