Where does “barbe” come from?

barbe (Middle English) comes from Middle French barbe, from Old French barbe, from Latin barba, from Latin farba, from Proto-Italic farβā, from Proto-Indo-European bʰardʰéh₂ — beard.

Ancestry of “barbe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchbarbebeard
2Old Frenchbarbebeard
3Latinbarbabeard; wool, down on a plant; Alternative form of...
4Latinfarba
5Proto-Italicfarβābeard
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰardʰéh₂beard

Words derived from “barbe

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰardʰéh₂Every word from Proto-Italic farβāEvery word from Latin farba