Etymology

barbary

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Today it means: barbarian; non-Christian Full definition →

Middle English barbarye ← Old French [Term?] ← Medieval Latin [Term?]
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barbary · adjective1

  1. Medieval Latin · derived from[Term?]
  2. Old French · derived from[Term?]
  3. Middle English · inherited frombarbarye“barbarian, non-Christian”
  4. English todaybarbary

From Middle English barbarye (“barbarian, non-Christian”), from Old French [Term?] and Medieval Latin [Term?].

Barbary · proper noun2

From Berber + -y, influenced by barbary (“barbarian, non-Christian”). See also Arabic بَرْبَرِيّ (barbariyy, “Berber”).

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