Where does “bubo” come from?
bubo (Esperanto) comes from German Bube, from Middle High German buobe, from Old High German Buobo, from Proto-West Germanic *babō, from Proto-Germanic bō-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰā- — to say.
bubo (Esperanto): urchin, waif, kid , gamin; jack
Definitions
- urchin, waif, kid , gamin; jack
Ancestry of “bubo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | Bube | knave; jack; boy; lad; rogue; villain; naughty... |
| 2 | Middle High German | buobe | knave |
| 3 | Old High German | Buobo | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *babō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | bō- | A stem meaning "father, brother, close male... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰā- | to say |