Where does “bravo” come from?

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

bravo (Italian): good, well-behaved; good, skilful, capable,...

Definitions

  1. good, well-behaved; good, skilful, capable,...

Ancestry of “bravo”, step by step

bravo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vulgar Latin bravus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinbravus—
2Latinbarbarusforeign; savage; uncivilized
3Ancient Greekβάρβαροςnon-Greek-speaking, foreign; barbaric, brutal,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbalb-—

via Medieval Latin bravus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latinbravus—

Words derived from “bravo”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European balb- →Every word from Ancient Greek βάρβαρος →Every word from Latin barbarus →