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barm

Meaningyeast or froth

Common meaning: yeast used in brewing

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√BHAR‘bear, carry’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 231, p. 738 · scan
  2. Old Englishbeorma‘yeast or froth’sourceB&T
  3. Middle Englishbermesource
  4. Englishbarm‘yeast used in brewing’ · 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 Old English beorma ‘yeast or froth’.

Roots

  • beorma Old English “yeast or froth”

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