Where does “بربرية” come from?

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

بربرية (Arabic): Berber language

Definitions

  1. Berber language

Ancestry of “بربرية”, step by step

بربرية traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Arabic بَرْبَر

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

via Arabic ـِيَّة

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicـِيَّةrelational suffix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European balb- →Every word from Ancient Greek βάρβαρος →Every word from Arabic بَرْبَر →