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0 pointsGeneralMayhem5y ago0 comments

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".

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umeshunni5y ago· 1 in thread

Funny, I always thought it came from the word Barba (hair/beard) because they considered them uncultured and unshaven.

sorokod5y ago

Greeks were into beards big time.

nielsole5y ago

That'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...

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