Where does “bravo” come from?
bravo (Galician) comes from Italian bravo, from Vulgar Latin bravus, from Latin barbarus, from Ancient Greek βάρβαρος, from Proto-Indo-European balb-.
bravo (Galician): uncultivated, harsh, rough; wild, spontaneous;...
Definitions
- uncultivated, harsh, rough; wild, spontaneous;...
Ancestry of “bravo”, step by step
bravo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian bravo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | bravo | good, well-behaved; good, skilful, capable,... |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | bravus | — |
| 3 | Latin | barbarus | foreign; savage; uncivilized |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | βάρβαρος | non-Greek-speaking, foreign; barbaric, brutal,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | balb- | — |
via Old Portuguese bravo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Portuguese | bravo | — |