Where does “barbarzyństwo” come from?
barbarzyństwo (Polish) comes from Polish barbarzyńca, from Latin barbarus, from Ancient Greek βάρβαρος, from Proto-Indo-European balb-.
barbarzyństwo (Polish): barbarism
Ancestry of “barbarzyństwo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Polish | barbarzyńca | barbarian |
| 2 | Latin | barbarus | foreign; savage; uncivilized |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | βάρβαρος | non-Greek-speaking, foreign; barbaric, brutal,... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | balb- | — |