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Where does “barbarzyńca” come from?

barbarzyńca (Polish) comes from Latin barbarus, from Ancient Greek βάρβαρος, from Proto-Indo-European balb-.

barbarzyńca (Polish): barbarian

Definitions

  1. barbarian

Ancestry of “barbarzyńca”, step by step

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

Words derived from “barbarzyńca”

  • barbarzyństwo
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