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Barbarian: word originated from the Greek, antonym for "citizen". The Greeks used the term barbarian for all non-Greek-speaking peoples...

Thanks for the correction and link, guess I should have refreshed on it before commenting.

Earlier than the Romans the word is originally Greek and basically meant “foreigner” - someone that doesn’t speak Greek

I wasn’t aware it came from the “bar-bar” sound though so thanks for mentioning that

Wasn't it Gaullian at the time?

Same with Vandals.