Words that come from Latin “barbarus”

137 words across 37 languages descend from Latin barbarus — including brave, Barbara, bravely, barbarous, barbarian, bravado, Barbie, braver.

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English (29)

Italian (14)

Norwegian Bokmål (14)

French (10)

Latin (8)

Dutch (7)

Portuguese (7)

Spanish (6)

German (6)

Cebuano (2)

Hungarian (2)

Russian (2)

Chinese (2)

Serbo-Croatian (2)

Romanian (2)

Norwegian Nynorsk (2)

Middle Dutch (2)

Galician (1)

Icelandic (1)

Indonesian (1)

Turkish (1)

Hawaiian (1)

Georgian (1)

Irish (1)

Polish (1)

Greek (1)

Norman (1)

Haitian Creole (1)

Middle English (1)

Middle French (1)

Old Portuguese (1)

Macedonian (1)

Welsh (1)

Old French (1)

Medieval Latin (1)

Vulgar Latin (1)

Old Spanish (1)