Words that come from Latin “balbus”

90 words across 19 languages descend from Latin balbus — including booby, bobbin, boob, boobless, boobage, boobyism, boobyish, boobish.

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English (28)

French (10)

Portuguese (10)

Spanish (10)

Italian (8)

Latin (6)

Catalan (3)

Irish (2)

Japanese (2)

Galician (2)

Tagalog (1)

Dutch (1)

Old Irish (1)

Faroese (1)

Manx (1)

Haitian Creole (1)

Scottish Gaelic (1)

Khmer (1)

Late Latin (1)