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Where does “rébarbatif” come from?

rébarbatif (French) comes from Middle French rebarber, from Latin barba, from Latin farba, from Proto-Italic farβā, from Proto-Indo-European bʰardʰéh₂ — beard.

rébarbatif (French): daunting, forbidding, off-putting

Definitions

  1. daunting, forbidding, off-putting

Ancestry of “rébarbatif”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchrebarberto be irritating or repellent
2Latinbarbabeard; wool, down on a plant; Alternative form of...
3Latinfarba—
4Proto-Italicfarβābeard
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰardʰéh₂beard

Words derived from “rébarbatif”

  • rebarbative
  • rebarbatively
  • rebarbativeness
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