Where does “βάρβαρος” come from?

βάρβαρος (Ancient Greek) comes from Proto-Indo-European balb-.

βάρβαρος (Ancient Greek): non-Greek-speaking, foreign; barbaric, brutal,...

Definitions

  1. non-Greek-speaking, foreign; barbaric, brutal,...

Ancestry of “βάρβαρος”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanbalb-—

Words derived from “βάρβαρος”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European balb- →