Where does “بربر” come from?

بربر (Arabic) comes from Arabic بَرْبَر, from Ancient Greek βάρβαρος, from Proto-Indo-European balb-.

بربر (Arabic): barbarians, beastly people

Definitions

  1. barbarians, beastly people

Ancestry of “بربر”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicبَرْبَر—
2Ancient Greekβάρβαροςnon-Greek-speaking, foreign; barbaric, brutal,...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbalb-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European balb- →Every word from Ancient Greek βάρβαρος →Every word from Arabic بَرْبَر →
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