Etymology · Proto-Germanic
*bazaz
3 English words descend from Proto-Germanic *bazaz, most common first.
- bareMinimal; that is or are just sufficient.
- barrenNot bearing children, childless; hence also unable to bear children, sterile.
- threadbareOf cloth, clothing, furnishings, etc.: frayed and worn to an extent that the nap is damaged and the warp and weft threads show; shabby, worn-out.