Etymology

barby

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Today it means: Barbed, like the ends of an arrow cross. Full definition →

French barbé
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  1. French · derived frombarbé
  2. English todaybarby

Seemingly from French barbé, barbée, but in French (language and heraldry) that term means something else ("bearded or wattled").

Words from the same roots

Frenchbarbé all →

barbet

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