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Italian word barba comes from Proto-Indo-European *bʰor-, Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewe-, Proto-Indo-European *bʰardʰ-eh₂-, and later Proto-Indo-European *bʰardʰeh₂ (Beard.)

*bʰor- (Proto-Indo-European)

to protrude; bristle, spike, tip, awn

*bʰrewe- (Proto-Indo-European)

*bʰardʰ-eh₂- (Proto-Indo-European)

beard

*bʰardʰeh₂ (Proto-Indo-European)

Beard.

*bʰrē- (Proto-Indo-European)

to carry, to bear, to carry, transport, to carry, bear

*bʰardʰeh₂tos (Proto-Indo-European)

*farβā (Proto-Italic)

Beard.

barba (Latin)

(figuratively) wool, down on a plant. Beard (facial hair).

barba (Italian)

(botany) root, rootlet. (colloquial) bore, drag, yawn. (zoology) barb. Beard.

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