- βάρβαρος
- βάρβαρος, -ονGrammatical information: subst. m. and adj.Meaning: `foreign(er), non-Greek', also `uncivilised, raw' (Ion.-Att.; βαρβαρόφωνος (Il.).Derivatives: 1. βαρβαρίζω `behave like a b.', `side with the b. = Persians' (Hdt.).2. βαρβαρόομαι `become a b.' (S.).Origin: ONOM [onomatopoia, and other elementary formations]Etymology: Onomatopoetic redupl. formation, identical with Skt. (postved.) barbara- `stammer', pl. of non-aryan peoples. Thus Sumer. barbar `foreigner', but Acc. barbaru means `wolf'. Hardly from Babyl.-Sumer. origin. From βάρβαρος Lat. barbarus. Originally refers to the language, s. Schwyzer 78. - Comparable formations in other I.-Eur. languages Pok. 91f., Mayrhofer EWAia 2, 217 balbalā-.Page in Frisk: 1,219-220
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.