bar
Definition of bar
load, to load, to take away, weight, air pressure, charge, bear
Etymology
From Avestan bar "to take away, carry",
From Proto-Indo-European gwerə- "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 September 30, 2023