Where does “berberis” come from?

berberis (English) comes from French berbère, from Arabic بَرْبَر, from Ancient Greek βάρβαρος, from Proto-Indo-European balb-.

berberis (English): Any of very many evergreen or deciduous shrubs of...

Definitions

  1. Any of very many evergreen or deciduous shrubs of...

Ancestry of “berberis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchberbèrethe Berber language family; Berber
2Arabicبَرْبَر—
3Ancient Greekβάρβαροςnon-Greek-speaking, foreign; barbaric, brutal,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbalb-—

Words derived from “berberis”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European balb- →Every word from Ancient Greek βάρβαρος →Every word from Arabic بَرْبَر →