Where does “barbarye” come from?
barbarye (Middle English) comes from Old French barbare, from Latin barbarus, from Ancient Greek βάρβαρος, from Proto-Indo-European balb-.
barbarye (Middle English): barbarian, non-Christian
Ancestry of “barbarye”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | barbare | — |
| 2 | Latin | barbarus | foreign; savage; uncivilized |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | βάρβαρος | non-Greek-speaking, foreign; barbaric, brutal,... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | balb- | — |
Words derived from “barbarye”