Where does “semibrado” come from?
semibrado (Italian) comes from Italian brado, from Latin barbarus, from Ancient Greek βάρβαρος, from Proto-Indo-European balb-.
semibrado (Italian): half-wild
Ancestry of “semibrado”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | brado | wild; untamed; unconstrained, unfettered,... |
| 2 | Latin | barbarus | foreign; savage; uncivilized |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | βάρβαρος | non-Greek-speaking, foreign; barbaric, brutal,... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | balb- | — |