Where does “barbari” come from?
barbari (Italian) comes from Italian bárbaro, from Latin barbarus, from Ancient Greek βάρβαρος, from Proto-Indo-European balb-.
barbari (Italian): masculine plural of bárbaro
Definitions
- masculine plural of bárbaro
Ancestry of “barbari”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | bárbaro | — |
| 2 | Latin | barbarus | foreign; savage; uncivilized |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | βάρβαρος | non-Greek-speaking, foreign; barbaric, brutal,... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | balb- | — |