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class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of farina" href="/word/farina#etymonline_v_1130">farina<!-- --> <!-- -->(n.)<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>1707, "dust, powdery substance," from Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">farina</span> "ground wheat, flour, meal," from <span class="foreign notranslate">far</span> (genitive <span class="foreign notranslate">farris</span>) "husked wheat, emmer; grain, flour," from Proto-Italic <span class="foreign notranslate">*fars</span> "flour," from PIE <span class="foreign notranslate">*bhars-</span>, with cognates in Old Irish <span class="foreign notranslate">bairgen</span> "bread, loaf," Welsh <span class="foreign notranslate">bara</span> "bread," Serbo-Croatian <span class="foreign notranslate">brašno</span> "flour, food," Latvian <span class="foreign notranslate">bariba</span> "food," Gothic <span class="foreign notranslate">barizeins</span> "from barley," Old Norse <span class="foreign notranslate">barr</span> "grain," Old English <span class="foreign notranslate">bere</span> "barley;" according to de Vaan perhaps a loan-word from a non-IE language.</p></section></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div></div></div><div data-ad-container="true" class="adContainer--6CVz1 vertical" style="margin-top:1em"><span class="adLabel--35hfi">Advertisement</span><ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7093273770345366" style="display:block;width:100%" data-ad-slot="8757723469" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins></div><div class="ngram--SmXCf"><h3 class="h3_title" title="Trends of farrago">Trends of <i>farrago</i></h3><div class="ngram__container--NwjaG" 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