Etymograph

English

topbar

From top + bar.

A compound of top + bar

Proto-Germanic *tuppaz ‘braid’

Proto-West Germanic *topp ‘top’

Old English topp ‘top’

Middle English top ‘the peak of a mountain or other landform’

English top

Vulgar Latin *barra

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

Middle English barre

English bar

Today it means

noun One of a set of parallel bars, at the top of a beehive, to which the bees attach their comb.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “topbar”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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