English
kilobarn
From kilo- + barn.
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰes- ‘hand’
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰesliyoy
Proto-Hellenic *kʰehliyoi ‘thousand’
Ancient Greek χίλιοι ‘one thousand’
English kilo-
Proto-Germanic *razną ‘house’
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Old English ærn ‘house, habitation’
Old English bereærn ‘barn, granary’
Old English bearn ‘barn’
Middle English barn
English barn
Today it means
noun A unit of surface area equal to 1,000 barns.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / kilobarn