Where does “bafouillage” come from?
bafouillage (French) comes from French bafouiller, from Franco-Provençal barfouiller, from French barbouiller, from French barbe, from Middle French barbe, from Old French barbe, from Latin barba, from Latin farba — beard.
bafouillage (French): spluttering, stammering; gibberish
Definitions
- spluttering, stammering; gibberish
Ancestry of “bafouillage”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | bafouiller | to babble, splutter, stammer |
| 2 | Franco-Provençal | barfouiller | — |
| 3 | French | barbouiller | to daub; to scribble; to mark, stain, dirty |
| 4 | French | barbe | beard; longer hair growing on the chin or face of... |
| 5 | Middle French | barbe | beard |
| 6 | Old French | barbe | beard |
| 7 | Latin | barba | beard; wool, down on a plant; Alternative form of... |
| 8 | Latin | farba | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | farβā | beard |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰardʰéh₂ | beard |