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
- Berber; uncivilized, wild; animal, bestial,...
Ancestry of “بربري”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Arabic | بَرْبَر | — |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | βάρβαρος | non-Greek-speaking, foreign; barbaric, brutal,... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | balb- | — |
Words derived from “بربري”