Where does “Berber” come from?

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

Berber (German): Berber person

Definitions

  1. Berber person

Ancestry of “Berber”, step by step

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

Words derived from “Berber

Every word from Proto-Indo-European balb-
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