英语词汇bare的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	bare
词源	bare adj. Old English bær "naked, uncovered, unclothed," from Proto-Germanic bazaz (source also of German bar, Old Norse berr, Dutch baar), from PIE bhoso- "naked" (source also of Armenian bok "naked;" Old Church Slavonic bosu, Lithuanian basas "barefoot"). The meaning "sheer, absolute" (c. 1200) is from the notion of "complete in itself." bare v. "make bare, uncover," Old English barian, from bare (adj.). Related: Bared; baring. Entries linking to bare ballast n. "heavy material used to steady a ship," 1520s, from Middle English bar "bare" (see bare (adj.); in this case "mere") + last "a load, burden," from Proto-Germanic hlasta-, from PIE root klā- "to spread out flat" (see lade). Or borrowed from identical terms in North Sea Germanic and Scandinavian (compare Old Danish barlast, 14c.). "Mere" because not carried for commercial purposes. Dutch balg-last "ballast," literally "belly-load," is a folk-etymology corruption. bareback adj. also bare-back, "riding or performing on an unsaddled ('bare-backed') horse," 1560s, from bare (adj.) + back (n.). ballast (n.)bareback (adj.)barefaced (adj.)barefoot (adj.)bare-handed (adj.)bare-headed (adj.)barely (adv.)bareness (n.)threadbare (adj.) updated on October 03, 2022
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bare adj.