Where does “balbare” come from?
balbare (Italian) comes from Latin balbāre, from Latin balbus, from Proto-Indo-European balb-.
balbare (Italian): to stutter or stammer
Ancestry of “balbare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | balbāre | — |
| 2 | Latin | balbus | stammering, stuttering; lisping; fumbling |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | balb- | — |