TheO termtermo ''Berberbérber'' originatesprovén fromdo thegrego {{lang-el|βάρβαρος}} (''barbaros'' pl. βάρβαροι ''barbaroi'') meaningque quere dicir [[Barbarianbárbaro]]. EarlierNun itprincipio wasfoi appliedaplicado bypolos theromanos Romanspara specificallydesignar toespecificamente theiraos northernseus hostileveciños neighboursabranguendo fromdende GermaniaXermania (moderna moderno GermanyAlemaña) andos Celtsceltas, Iberiansos iberos, Gaulsos galos, Gothsos andgóticos e Thraciansos tracios. Entre Amongos itsrexistros oldestescritos writtenmáis attestationsantigos do termo, ''Berberbérber'' appearsaparece ascomo anun ethnonymetónimo inna theobra 1stdo centuryséculo ADI ''[[PeriplusPeriplo ofdo theMar Erythraean SeaEritreo]]''.<ref>{{citecita booklibro|last1apelido1=Schoff|first1nome1=Wilfred Harvey|titletítulo=The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea: Travel and Trade in the Indian Ocean by a Merchant of the First Century|pagepáxina=56|datedata=1912|publishereditorial=Longmans, Green|url=https://archive.org/stream/periplusoferythr00schouoft#page/56/mode/2up|accessdatedataacceso=29 Marchde marzo de 2018}}</ref>
