Where does “berber” come from?

berber (Romanian) comes from French berbère, from Arabic بَرْبَر, from Ancient Greek βάρβαρος, from Proto-Indo-European balb-.

berber (Romanian): Berber

Definitions

  1. Berber

Ancestry of “berber”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchberbèrethe Berber language family; Berber
2Arabicبَرْبَر—
3Ancient Greekβάρβαροςnon-Greek-speaking, foreign; barbaric, brutal,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbalb-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European balb- →Every word from Ancient Greek βάρβαρος →Every word from Arabic بَرْبَر →