Where does “barrio” come from?

barrio (Spanish) comes from Arabic بَرِّيّ — wild.

barrio (Spanish): neighbourhood; any neighbourhood of the original...

Definitions

  1. neighbourhood; any neighbourhood of the original...

Ancestry of “barrio”, step by step

barrio traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Arabic بَرِّيّ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicبَرِّيّwild

via Andalusian Arabic بَرِّيّ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Andalusian Arabicبَرِّيّexterior

Words derived from “barrio”

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