Where does “balbettare” come from?

balbettare (Italian) comes from Latin balbitāre, from Latin balbāre, from Latin balbus, from Proto-Indo-European balb-.

balbettare (Italian): to stammer; to babble; to emerge; to be nascent

Definitions

  1. to stammer; to babble; to emerge; to be nascent

Ancestry of “balbettare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinbalbitāre—
2Latinbalbāre—
3Latinbalbusstammering, stuttering; lisping; fumbling
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbalb-—

Words derived from “balbettare”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European balb- →Every word from Latin balbus →Every word from Latin balbāre →
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