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Re:Ancient Romans depicted Huns as barbarians – their bones ... by gmarx on Thursday March 23, 2017 @10:56AM (#13940248)
Pretty sure this explanation is just really old speculation. Even if the ancient greeks kept records of word origins, those documents would likely be lost by now
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Re:Ancient Romans depicted Huns as barbarians – their bones ... by astine on Thursday March 23, 2017 @11:17AM (#13940457)
Judging by this link: http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=barbarian, the reasoning is based on words in other indoeuropean languages having a similar root to 'barbarian' being used to refer to stammering or incoherent speech.
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Re:Ancient Romans depicted Huns as barbarians – their bones ... by jumasheff on Thursday March 23, 2017 @07:40PM (#13945365)
The most interesting part is this: `...meaning "rude, wild person" is from 1610s.`
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