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

Definitions

  1. to stutter or stammer

Ancestry of “balbare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinbalbāre—
2Latinbalbusstammering, stuttering; lisping; fumbling
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbalb-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European balb- →Every word from Latin balbus →Every word from Latin balbāre →