Where does “barbare” come from?

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

Ancestry of “barbare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinbarbarusforeign; savage; uncivilized
2Ancient Greekβάρβαροςnon-Greek-speaking, foreign; barbaric, brutal,...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbalb-—

Words derived from “barbare”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European balb- →Every word from Ancient Greek βάρβαρος →Every word from Latin barbarus →