barbar-

(Greek > Latin: foreign, strange, outlandish)

Don't confuse this element with barba- which means "beard".

barbarous
barbarously
barbarousness
Barbary
debarbarization (s) (noun), debarbarizations (pl)
Taking away, or diminishing, the existence of crude or savage behaviors and languages: The people who left the uncivilized area of the tropical forests to live in the modern culture of the city went through a process called debarbarization so they could survive better in their new environment.
debarbarize (verb), debarbarizes; debarbarized; debarbarizing
To free from ignorance in matters of taste and crude behavior including verbal expressions: Some people progress first by being debarbarized then they can progress to being civilized.
disbarbarize
mixobarbaric
1. Not being purely barbaric by showing some influence of civilized or refined types.
2. Recognizing some working of civilization, or a culture, or art within a society of barbarism.
rebarbarization
rebarbarize
rebarbarizing
semibarbarian
Someone who is considered to be partially, or half, civilized.
unbarbarized

Related "foreign, strange" word families: allotrio-; xeno-.