The story
- Latin · derived frombarba
- Old French · derived frombarbeor
- Anglo-Norman · derived frombarbour
- Middle English · inherited frombarbour
- English todaybarber
PIE word *bʰardʰéh₂ Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰers-? Proto-Indo-European *bʰardʰéh₂ Proto-Italic *farðā Latin barba Old French barbe Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -(ā)tōrem Old French -or Old French -our Anglo-Norman barbourbor. Middle English barbour English barber From Middle English barbour, from Anglo-Norman barbour, from Old French barbeor, from barbe (“beard”), from Latin barba.
Words from the same roots
Latinbarba all →
burbotbarbalrebarbative
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.