Where does “Barbados” come from?
Barbados is an English place name derived from Portuguese barbado, from Latin barbatus meaning bearded, ultimately from Latin barba meaning beard.
Barbados (English): To press-gang
Ancestry of “Barbados”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Portuguese | barbados | masculine plural of barbado; bearded ones |
| 2 | Portuguese | barba | beard |
| 3 | Old Portuguese | barba | — |
| 4 | Latin | barba | beard; wool, down on a plant; Alternative form of... |
| 5 | Latin | farba | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | farβā | beard |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰardʰéh₂ | beard |
Words derived from “Barbados”