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Similarly, the word "barbarian" comes from the ancient Greeks describing the people who lived around them as sounding like they were saying "bar bar bar".
by GeneralMayhem 5y ago
Similarly, the word "barbarian" comes from the ancient Greeks describing the people who lived around them as sounding like they were saying "bar bar bar".
- nielsole 5y agoThat's amazing. Wiktionary backs you up on this and compares it to "bla bla bla". https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CE%B2%CE%AC%CF%81%CE%B2%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%82#Ancient_Greek https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CE%B2%CE%AC%CF%81%CE%B2%CE...
- umeshunni 5y agoFunny, I always thought it came from the word Barba (hair/beard) because they considered them uncultured and unshaven.
- sorokod 5y agoGreeks were into beards big time.