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far

Pronunciation: [ˈfar]

“far” is a Latin word. Its 2 meanings in English:

noun

  1. farro, a type of hulled wheat. (Most likely emmer (Triticum dicoccum or Triticum turgidum subsp. dicoccon) but often mistranslated as spelt (Triticum spelta))
  2. coarse meal; grits

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *fars (“flour, grain”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰers- (“spike, prickle”); compare Welsh bara (“bread”), English barley, Serbo-Croatian brȁšno (“flour”), Albanian bar (“grass”), Ancient Greek Φηρῶν (Phērôn, “plant deity”).

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