Masculine
barniz
Meaning
varnish, gloss
Translations
Frequency
Hyphenated as
bar‧niz
Pronounced as (IPA)
/baɾˈniθ/
Etymology
In summary
Variant of dialectal berniz, from Medieval Latin vernicem (“sandarac, resin”) from veronicem, from Byzantine Greek [Term?], from Ancient Greek βερενίκιον (bereníkion, “soda”), βερονίκιον (beroníkion), from Βερενίκη (Bereníkē). Cognate with English varnish.
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