What is the origin of the word barbarity?
The earliest known use of the noun barbarity is in the late 1500s. OED's earliest evidence for barbarity is from 1570, in the writing of Peter Levens, lexicographer. barbarity is a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin barbarus, ‑ity suffix.
The earliest known use of the noun barbarity is in the late 1500s. OED's earliest evidence for barbarity is from 1570, in the writing of Peter Levens, lexicographer. barbarity is a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin barbarus, ‑ity suffix.
