Where does “bàrbar” come from?

bàrbar (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ancient Greek βάρβαρος, from Proto-Indo-European balb-.

bàrbar (Serbo-Croatian): barbarian

Definitions

  1. barbarian

Ancestry of “bàrbar”, step by step

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

Words derived from “bàrbar”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European balb- →Every word from Ancient Greek βάρβαρος →