Where does “bobo” come from?

bobo (French) comes from French bourgeois, from French Bourgois, from French -ois, from Old French -ois, from Latin -ensis, from Latin arvum, from Latin colō, from Latin quelō — to turn.

bobo (French): boo-boo; bobo, boho

Definitions

  1. boo-boo; bobo, boho

Ancestry of “bobo”, step by step

bobo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French bourgeois

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbourgeoisbourgeois; member of the middle class
2FrenchBourgois
3French-oisUsed to form adjectives related to a particular...
4Old French-oisused to form nationalities; used to form names of...
5Latin-ensisOf or from
6Latinarvumfield; farm land
7Latincolōto cultivate the land, till, tend, take care of a field or garden
8Latinquelō
9Proto-Italickʷelōto inhabit
10Proto-Indo-Europeankʷéleti
11Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn

via French Bohème

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchBohèmeBohemian
2Medieval LatinbohemusBohemian

Words derived from “bobo

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷel-Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷéletiEvery word from Proto-Italic kʷelō