Where does “barbaarsheid” come from?
barbaarsheid (Dutch) comes from Dutch barbaars, from Dutch barbaar, from Middle Dutch barbaer, from Old French barbare, from Latin barbarus, from Ancient Greek βάρβαρος, from Proto-Indo-European balb-.
barbaarsheid (Dutch): barbarity, barbarousness
Definitions
- barbarity, barbarousness
Ancestry of “barbaarsheid”, step by step
barbaarsheid traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch barbaars
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | barbaars | barbaric |
| 2 | Dutch | barbaar | barbarian |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | barbaer | — |
| 4 | Old French | barbare | — |
| 5 | Latin | barbarus | foreign; savage; uncivilized |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | βάρβαρος | non-Greek-speaking, foreign; barbaric, brutal,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | balb- | — |
via Dutch heid
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | heid | — |