Where does “Barbus” come from?

Barbus (Translingual) comes from Latin barbus, from Latin barba, from Latin farba, from Proto-Italic farβā, from Proto-Indo-European bʰardʰéh₂ — beard.

Barbus (Translingual): genus|many fish resembling barbs and barbels, now being assigned to genera, mostly in Barbinae, especially Puntius}}

Definitions

  1. genus|many fish resembling barbs and barbels, now being assigned to genera, mostly in Barbinae, especially Puntius}}

Ancestry of “Barbus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinbarbusbarbel
2Latinbarbabeard; wool, down on a plant; Alternative form of...
3Latinfarba—
4Proto-Italicfarβābeard
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰardʰéh₂beard

Words derived from “Barbus”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰardʰéh₂ →Every word from Proto-Italic farβā →Every word from Latin farba →