Where does “bobo” come from?

bobo (Bikol Central) comes from Spanish bobo, from Latin balbus, from Proto-Indo-European balb-.

Ancestry of “bobo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishbobostupid, silly, naive; A stupid or naive person; a...
2Latinbalbusstammering, stuttering; lisping; fumbling
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbalb-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European balb-