Where does “balbutiate” come from?

balbutiate (English) comes from Latin balbutire, from Latin balbus, from Proto-Indo-European balb-.

balbutiate (English): To stammer

Definitions

  1. To stammer

Ancestry of “balbutiate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinbalbutirepresent active infinitive of balbūtiō
2Latinbalbusstammering, stuttering; lisping; fumbling
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbalb-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European balb- →Every word from Latin balbus →Every word from Latin balbutire →