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Barbaric didn't have the same meaning then as now. To the latin speakers, they made fun of the Germans as sounding like 'Bar Bar' when they talked, hence Barba
by axaxs 6y ago
Barbaric didn't have the same meaning then as now. To the latin speakers, they made fun of the Germans as sounding like 'Bar Bar' when they talked, hence Barbarians. To call something 'Barbaric' in those times simply meant Germanic.
- rvieira 6y agoSame with Vandals.
- mido22 6y agoBarbarian: word originated from the Greek, antonym for "citizen". The Greeks used the term barbarian for all non-Greek-speaking peoples... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbarian https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbarian
- axaxs 6y agoThanks for the correction and link, guess I should have refreshed on it before commenting.
- chrisco255 6y agoWasn't it Gaullian at the time?
- funnybeam 6y agoEarlier than the Romans the word is originally Greek and basically meant “foreigner” - someone that doesn’t speak Greek I wasn’t aware it came from the “bar-bar” sound though so thanks for mentioning that