Where does “brav” come from?

brav (Haitian Creole) comes from French brave, from Italian bravo, from Vulgar Latin bravus, from Latin barbarus, from Ancient Greek βάρβαρος, from Proto-Indo-European balb-.

brav (Haitian Creole): brave

Definitions

  1. brave

Ancestry of “brav”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbravebrave; honest; hero
2Italianbravogood, well-behaved; good, skilful, capable,...
3Vulgar Latinbravus—
4Latinbarbarusforeign; savage; uncivilized
5Ancient Greekβάρβαροςnon-Greek-speaking, foreign; barbaric, brutal,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbalb-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European balb- →