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

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Latin	barbarus	foreign; savage; uncivilized
2	Ancient Greek	βάρβαρος	non-Greek-speaking, foreign; barbaric, brutal,...
3	Proto-Indo-European	balb-	—

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