Where does “balbutiement” come from?

balbutiement (French) comes from French balbutier, from Italian balbettare, from Latin balbitāre, from Latin balbāre, from Latin balbus, from Proto-Indo-European balb-.

balbutiement (French): stammering; stammer

Definitions

  1. stammering; stammer

Ancestry of “balbutiement”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbalbutierto stammer; to stutter
2Italianbalbettareto stammer; to babble; to emerge; to be nascent
3Latinbalbitāre—
4Latinbalbāre—
5Latinbalbusstammering, stuttering; lisping; fumbling
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbalb-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European balb- →Every word from Latin balbus →Every word from Latin balbāre →