Where does “barbaarius” come from?
barbaarius (Finnish) comes from Finnish barbaari, from Latin barbarus, from Ancient Greek βάρβαρος, from Proto-Indo-European balb-.
barbaarius (Finnish): barbarism
Ancestry of “barbaarius”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | barbaari | barbarian |
| 2 | Latin | barbarus | foreign; savage; uncivilized |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | βάρβαρος | non-Greek-speaking, foreign; barbaric, brutal,... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | balb- | — |