Where does “barbe” come from?

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

barbe (Middle French): beard

Definitions

  1. beard

Ancestry of “barbe”, step by step

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

Words derived from “barbe

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰardʰéh₂
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