Where does “bárbaro” come from?

bárbaro (Spanish) comes from Italian bárbaro, from Latin barbarus, from Ancient Greek βάρβαρος, from Proto-Indo-European balb-.

bárbaro (Spanish): barbaric; enormous; stupendous

Definitions

  1. barbaric; enormous; stupendous

Ancestry of “bárbaro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianbárbarobarbaric, barbarous
2Latinbarbarusforeign; savage; uncivilized
3Ancient Greekβάρβαροςnon-Greek-speaking, foreign; barbaric, brutal,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbalb-—

Words derived from “bárbaro”

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