Etymograph

English

allobar

From allo- + bar.

Formed from allo- + bar

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- ‘beyond, other’

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos ‘other, another’

Proto-Hellenic *áľľos

Ancient Greek ἄλλος ‘other’

English allo-

Vulgar Latin *barra

Old French barre ‘beam, bar, gate, barrier’

Middle English barre

English bar

The story

According to Alfred J. Henry, the meteorology sense was coined in Swedish by Nils Gustaf Ekholm.

Today it means

noun Any form of an element having a different isotopic composition to that of the natural element, and thus a different atomic weight.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / allobar