Where does “barbarus” come from?

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

barbarus (Latin): foreign; savage; uncivilized

Definitions

  1. foreign; savage; uncivilized

Ancestry of “barbarus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekβάρβαροςnon-Greek-speaking, foreign; barbaric, brutal,...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbalb-—

Words derived from “barbarus”

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