What was the original meaning of barbaros
Indeed, in the Greek of this period 'barbarian' is often used expressly to refer to Persians, who were enemies of the Greeks in this war. Greek barbaros was the etymological source for many words meaning barbarian, including English barbarian, which was first recorded in 16th-century Middle English.A word barbara-is also found in the Sanskrit of ancient India. The Greek word barbaros is related to Sanskrit barbaras (stammering).vidently, the barbarian tribes at first had individual names, but during about the middle of the first millennium B.C., they were classified schematically according to the four cardinal points of the compass.