Where does “barbara” come from?
Barbara derives from Latin Barbara, from Latin barbarus, from Ancient Greek βάρβαρος, ultimately from the reduplicated Ancient Greek βαρ-βαρ, originally denoting non-Greek speakers.
barbara (English): A syllogism in which all three propositions are of the form "All X are Y" or "X is a Y"
Definitions
- A syllogism in which all three propositions are of the form "All X are Y" or "X is a Y"
Ancestry of “barbara”, step by step
barbara traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hawaiian palapala
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hawaiian | palapala | document; writing of any kind |
| 2 | English | barbara | A syllogism in which all three propositions are... |
| 3 | Latin | barbara | a wild, savage, cruel, barbarous, shameless, or... |
| 4 | Latin | barbarus | foreign; savage; uncivilized |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | βάρβαρος | non-Greek-speaking, foreign; barbaric, brutal,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | balb- | — |
via Latin Barbara
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | Barbara | the name of one of the more abominable prisons of the Grand Châtelet of Paris |