Word origin
[1860–65; ‹ F, equiv. to
barbot(
er) to dabble, splash about (of a duck, etc.) +
-ine -ine2]This word is first recorded in the period 1860–65. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: blind spot, calibrate, metric system, mutualism, raider-ine is a suffix, of no assignable meaning, appearing in nouns of Greek, Latin, or Frenchorigin. Other words that use the affix -ine include: doctrine, famine, routine