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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.