Where does “Barbariccia” come from?

Barbariccia (Italian) comes from Italian barba, from Medieval Latin barbas, from Latin barba, from Latin farba, from Proto-Italic farβā, from Proto-Indo-European bʰardʰéh₂ — beard.

Barbariccia (Italian): a fictional devil from Hell in the Divine Comedy

Definitions

  1. a fictional devil from Hell in the Divine Comedy

Ancestry of “Barbariccia”, step by step

Barbariccia traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian barba

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianbarbabeard; root, rootlet; barb
2Medieval Latinbarbaspaternal uncle; paternal uncle, the brother of...
3Latinbarbabeard; wool, down on a plant; Alternative form of...
4Latinfarba—
5Proto-Italicfarβābeard
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰardʰéh₂beard

via Italian riccio

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianricciocurly; burr; curl, lock, ringlet
2Latinēriciushedgehog
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰḗrhedgehog
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰer-to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰardʰéh₂ →Every word from Proto-Italic farβā →Every word from Latin farba →