Baro
/ˈbær.oʊ/noun
An obsolete English term for a barometer or an instrument measuring atmospheric pressure.
Did you know?Baro comes from the same ancient root associated with “weight,” linking atmospheric pressure to the physical burden of the air above us.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*gʷerh₂-
“Heavy; weighty”
Ancient Greek
Greek
βάρος (baros)
“Weight or heaviness”
17th Century
New Latin
barometrum
“An instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure”
17th–18th Century
English
barometer
“An instrument measuring the weight or pressure of the atmosphere”
Modern English
English
baro
“An obsolete shortened term for a barometer”