Barge
Middle English (denoting a small seagoing vessel): from Old French, perhaps based on Greek baris ‘Egyptian boat’.
wiktionary
From Middle English barge, borrowed from Old French barge(“boat”), from Late Latin barca, from Latin baris, from Ancient Greek βάρις(báris, “Egyptian boat”), from Coptic ⲃⲁⲁⲣⲉ(baare, “small boat”), from Egyptian bꜣjr(“transport ship, type of fish”),
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Doublet of bark and barque.
etymonline
barge (n.)
early 14c., "seagoing vessel of moderate size with sails," from Old French barge "boat, ship," Old Provençal barca, from Medieval Latin barga, perhaps from Celtic, or perhaps from Latin *barica, from Greek baris "Egyptian boat," from Coptic bari "small boat." From late 14c. as "river craft; barge used on state occasions; raft for ferrying;" meaning "flat-bottomed freight boat" dates from late 15c. In former times also "a magnificently adorned, elegant boat of state," for royalty, magistrates, etc. (1580s).
barge (v.)
"to journey by barge," 1590s, from barge (n.). The form barge into and the sense "crash heavily into," in reference to the rough handling of barges, attested by 1898. Related: Barged; barging.
