Where does “barrio” come from?

Barrio comes from Spanish barrio, from Andalusian Arabic bārrī meaning "suburb" or "outlying district," ultimately denoting an area outside the main settlement.

barrio (English): A slum on the periphery of a major city; a low to...

Definitions

  1. A slum on the periphery of a major city; a low to...

Ancestry of “barrio”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishbarrioneighbourhood; any neighbourhood of the original...
2Arabicبَرِّيّwild

Words derived from “barrio

Every word from Arabic بَرِّيّEvery word from Spanish barrio