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barberry

Meaningbarberry

Common meaning: shrub with small tart berries

Journey through time

  1. Medieval Latinberberis‘barberry’source
  2. Old Frenchbarbacanesource
  3. Middle Englishbarbicansource
  4. Englishbarberry‘shrub with small tart berries’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Medieval Latin berberis ‘barberry’.

Roots

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