An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Baron

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, B
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis

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2525899An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, B — BaronJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

Baron, masculine, ‘Baron,’ not from the equivalent Middle High German barûn, but from the French and MidL Rhenish form baron, which is found in the 16th century; Middle Latin baro, baronis, is by some based on Keltic bar, ‘man,’ and by others on Anglo-Saxon beorn or on Old High German baro, ‘man, vassal.’