bere

Meaning

Barley, especially four-rowed barley or six-rowed barley.

Synonyms

barley

wheat

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bɪə/

Etymology

From Middle English bere, from Old English bere (“barley”), from Proto-West Germanic *barī, from Proto-Germanic *baraz (“barley”). Compare Welsh bara (“bread”), Latin far (“emmer”), Serbo-Croatian бра̏шно/brȁšno (“flour”), Albanian bar (“grass”), Ancient Greek Φήρον (Phḗron, “plant deity”). See also: barley.