barley
English
/ˈbɑɹli/, /ˈbɑːli/
noun
Definitions
- A cereal of the species , or its grains, often used as food or to make beer and other malted drinks.
- (Singapore) seed of Job's tears Coix lacryma-jobi
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English barli inherited from Old English bærlīċ (barley-like) derived from Proto-Germanic *baraz (barley) derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰars- (spike, prickle) suf from English bere.
Origin
English
bere
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- barleycorn English
- barleylike English
- barleymeal English
- bere English
- beremeal English
- brew English
- brewable English
- brewage English
- brewery English
- brewest English
- breweth English
- brewfest English
- brewhouse English
- brewing English
- brewmaster English
- brewology English
- brewpub English
- brewski English
- corn English
- homebrew English
- macrobrew English
- meal English
- megabrew English
- microbrew English
- misbrew English
- nanobrew English
- nonbarley English
- rebrew English
- *farellum Latin
- *farrum Latin
- far Latin
- farrago Latin
- farreus Latin
- *bʰars- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰerH- Proto-Indo-European
- bygg Norwegian Bokmål
- byggherre Norwegian Bokmål
- byggverk Norwegian Bokmål
- næringsbygg Norwegian Bokmål
- overbygg Norwegian Bokmål
- *baraz Proto-Germanic
- barr Swedish
- bere Old English
- bærlīċ Old English
- barli Middle English
- bere Middle English
- brewen Middle English
- barr Old Norse
- bygg Old Norse
- barr Icelandic
- บาร์เลย์ Thai
- బార్లీ Telugu
- borõa Old Portuguese
- *barginā, *bargos Proto-Celtic
- bere Scots
- பார்லி Tamil
- 𐌚𐌀𐌓 Faliscan