Where does “babau” come from?

babau (Catalan) comes from Latin balbus, from Proto-Indo-European balb-.

babau (Catalan): silly

Definitions

  1. silly

Ancestry of “babau”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinbalbusstammering, stuttering; lisping; fumbling
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbalb-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European balb- →Every word from Latin balbus →