Where does “barbare” come from?

barbare (Italian) comes from Italian barbaro, from Latin barbarus, from Ancient Greek βάρβαρος, from Proto-Indo-European balb-.

barbare (Italian): feminine plural of barbaro

Definitions

  1. feminine plural of barbaro

Ancestry of “barbare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianbarbarobarbaric, barbarous; barbarian; appalling
2Latinbarbarusforeign; savage; uncivilized
3Ancient Greekβάρβαροςnon-Greek-speaking, foreign; barbaric, brutal,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbalb-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European balb- →Every word from Ancient Greek βάρβαρος →Every word from Latin barbarus →