Where does “Bărbărie” come from?
Bărbărie (Romanian) comes from French barbarie, from Latin barbaria, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
Ancestry of “Bărbărie”, step by step
Bărbărie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French barbarie
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | barbarie | barbarity, savagery |
| 2 | Latin | barbaria | foreign country; barbarity, barbarism; brutality |
| 3 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 4 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |