That comment says more about you than it does about the origins of the word barbarian.
The word barbarian has its earliest known origin in ancient Greece and was used to refer to anyone who wasn’t Greek, and sometimes for other Greeks, who were “different”.
So who do YOU think the “ethnic group” this word refers to is?
I wonder when terms like barbarism and barbarian will be recognized as derogatory towards the ethnic groups they represent.
That comment says more about you than it does about the origins of the word barbarian.
The word barbarian has its earliest known origin in ancient Greece and was used to refer to anyone who wasn’t Greek, and sometimes for other Greeks, who were “different”.
So who do YOU think the “ethnic group” this word refers to is?