Where does “barbaresco” come from?

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

barbaresco (Italian): barbaric

Definitions

  1. barbaric

Ancestry of “barbaresco”, step by step

barbaresco traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian bárbaro

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianbárbarobarbaric, barbarous
2Latinbarbarusforeign; savage; uncivilized
3Ancient Greekβάρβαροςnon-Greek-speaking, foreign; barbaric, brutal,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbalb-—

via Italian Barberia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianBarberiaBarbary
Every word from Proto-Indo-European balb- →Every word from Ancient Greek βάρβαρος →Every word from Latin barbarus →