Where does “بربري” come from?

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

بربري (Arabic): Berber; uncivilized, wild; animal, bestial,...

Definitions

  1. Berber; uncivilized, wild; animal, bestial,...

Ancestry of “بربري”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicبَرْبَر—
2Ancient Greekβάρβαροςnon-Greek-speaking, foreign; barbaric, brutal,...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbalb-—

Words derived from “بربري”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European balb- →Every word from Ancient Greek βάρβαρος →Every word from Arabic بَرْبَر →