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Definition of bar

load, to load, to take away, weight, air pressure, charge, bear

Etymology

From Avestan bar "to take away, carry",

gwerə-, Proto-Indo-European root meaning "heavy",

Sanskrit guruh "heavy, weighty, venerable",
Greek baros "weight", barys "heavy in weight" or "strength, force",
Latin gravis, "heavy, ponderous, burdensome, loaded; pregnant",
Old English cweorn "quern",
Gothic kaurus "heavy",
Lettish gruts "heavy".

It forms or part of

aggravate; aggravation; aggrieve; bar "unit of pressure;" bariatric; baritone; barium; barometer; blitzkrieg; brig; brigade; brigand; brigantine; brio; brut; brute; charivari; gravamen; grave (adj.); gravid; gravimeter; gravitate; gravity; grief; grieve; kriegspiel; guru; hyperbaric; isobar; quern; sitzkrieg.
Updated on March 5, 2023

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