Etymograph

English

eyebar

From eye + bar.

A compound of eye + bar

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ- ‘eye’

Proto-Germanic *augô

Proto-West Germanic *augā

Old English ēage

Middle English e

English eye

Vulgar Latin *barra

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

Middle English barre

English bar

Today it means

noun A straight bar, usually of metal, with a hole or "eye" at each end to allow it to be fixed to other components.

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

Etymograph / eyebar