Etymology

Barbuda

Bar·bu·da
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Today it means: An island and dependency of Antigua and Barbuda. Largest city: Codrington. Full definition →

Spanish barbuda ← Vulgar Latin *barbūtus ← Latin barba
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰers-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰardʰéh₂
  3. Proto-Italic*farðā
  4. Latinbarba
  5. Vulgar Latin*barbūtus
  6. Spanishbarbudo
  7. Spanishbarbuda
  8. English todayBarbuda

From Spanish barbuda (“bearded”), referring perhaps to natives' beards or fig trees. Coined by Spanish explorer Christopher Columbus. Compare Lombardy. Doublet of Barbados.

First known use, by meaning

  • from early 17th c. An island and dependency of Antigua and Barbuda. Largest city: Codrington.

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