Where does “barbustà” come from?

barbustà (Istriot) comes from Latin balbutire, from Latin balbus, from Proto-Indo-European balb-.

barbustà (Istriot): to babble, in the infant stage

Definitions

  1. to babble, in the infant stage

Ancestry of “barbustà”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinbalbutirepresent active infinitive of balbūtiō
2Latinbalbusstammering, stuttering; lisping; fumbling
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbalb-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European balb- →Every word from Latin balbus →Every word from Latin balbutire →