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Where does “bravoure” come from?

bravoure (French) comes from Italian bravura, from Italian bravo, from Vulgar Latin bravus, from Latin barbarus, from Ancient Greek βάρβαρος, from Proto-Indo-European balb-.

bravoure (French): bravery, courage

Definitions

  1. bravery, courage

Ancestry of “bravoure”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianbravuraskill; cleverness; virtuosity
2Italianbravogood, well-behaved; good, skilful, capable,...
3Vulgar Latinbravus—
4Latinbarbarusforeign; savage; uncivilized
5Ancient Greekβάρβαροςnon-Greek-speaking, foreign; barbaric, brutal,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbalb-—

Words derived from “bravoure”

  • Bravour
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