Where does “Barbar” come from?

Barbar (German) comes from Latin barbarus, from Ancient Greek βάρβαρος, from Proto-Indo-European balb-.

Barbar (German): barbarian

Definitions

  1. barbarian

Ancestry of “Barbar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinbarbarusforeign; savage; uncivilized
2Ancient Greekβάρβαροςnon-Greek-speaking, foreign; barbaric, brutal,...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbalb-—

Words derived from “Barbar”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European balb- →Every word from Ancient Greek βάρβαρος →Every word from Latin barbarus →
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