Words that come from Latin “farba”

200 words across 55 languages descend from Latin farba — including barber, Barbados, barb, barbershop, Barbuda, barbel, barbette, barbering.

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French (26)

English (24)

Italian (21)

Romanian (13)

Latin (10)

Portuguese (7)

Spanish (7)

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Sicilian (6)

Aromanian (6)

Cornish (5)

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Emilian (4)

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Welsh (3)

Greek (3)

Old French (3)

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Istro-Romanian (2)

Hungarian (2)

Tagalog (2)

Dutch (2)

Chinese (2)

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Galician (1)

Piedmontese (1)

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Russian (1)

Japanese (1)

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