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Definition difference between barbarians vs savages

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Well, according to the people who invented the word, anyone who is not Greek is a barbarian.

"πᾶς μὴ Ἕλλην βάρβαρος"

While Savage is from the old french sauvage, salvage (“wild, savage, untamed&#8221😉, from Late Latin salvaticus, alteration of Latin silvaticus (“wild"; literally, "of the woods&#8221😉, from silva (“forest", "grove&#8221😉

I'm not too familiar with the finer details of French history, but it could probably be dated by the evolution of the word from Latin to old French, so maybe it originally refers to Gauls and other groups who the Romans fought in the area.
 
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The word barbarian loosely translates to babblers. To the ancient Greeks, all non-Greek speakers sounded like they were saying "bar bar bar".

Savages are any people who pray to imaginary deities in the sky like they're real. 😀 Ah, they see me trollin', they hatin'.
 
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