Where does “bobina” come from?

bobina (French) comes from French bobiner, from French bobine, from Latin balbus, from Proto-Indo-European balb-.

bobina (French): third-person singular past historic of bobiner

Definitions

  1. third-person singular past historic of bobiner

Ancestry of “bobina”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbobinerto wind onto a bobbin
2Frenchbobinebobbin; reel, spool; drum
3Latinbalbusstammering, stuttering; lisping; fumbling
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbalb-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European balb- →Every word from Latin balbus →Every word from French bobine →