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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread barbarianism #779 03/20/00 12:48 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6 S sachin OP stranger OP sachin stranger S Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6 Hello everyone, I once heard that the etymology of the word barbarian and related words is that it comes from "bar bar" which is said to be the noise made by "barbarians" when they speak or something like that. Can someone confirm or deny this? Thanks Sachin Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted barbarianism sachin 03/20/00 12:48 PM Re: barbarianism kritter 03/20/00 05:41 PM Re: barbarianism cadaver 03/20/00 09:10 PM Re: barbarianism chjones 03/22/00 06:49 PM Re: barbarianism Kostas 04/03/00 12:26 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,330 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 1,018 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 31 A C Bowden 15 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 tsuwm 10,542 wofahulicodoc 10,541 LukeJavan8 9,916 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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