English
barbal
Barbal comes from Latin barba ‘beard’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *bʰardʰéh₂.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰardʰéh₂‘beard’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*farðā‘beard’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEbarba‘beard’
- Englishearliest quotation 2015barbal
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰardʰéh₂‘beard’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*farðā‘beard’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEbarba‘beard’
- Englishearliest quotation 2015barbal
Earliest quotation: 2015, Ned Beauman: “Much depends here on how persuasive you find the…”
Formed from -al
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰers- ‘top, tip, point’
far, brush, prod, braid, bristle, fash, borscht, beardless, farro, 14 more
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰardʰéh₂ ‘beard’
through Latin barba ‘beard’
Today it means
adj Relating to beards.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰardʰéh₂ / barbal