Barbar

Morpheme

Barbar

Type

bound base

Denotation

foreign, uncivilized, savage, uncivilized

Etymology

Latin barbarus; Ancient Greek barbaros

Evidence

Barbara, barbarian, barbaric, barbarically, barbarism, barbarity, barbarize, barbarous, barbarously, barbarousness, barbary, hyperbarbarous, nonbarbarous, semibarbaric, semibarbarous, unbarbarous

Notes

final <r> does not double because the stress falls on the first syllable