Where does “bovo” come from?

bovo (Ladino) comes from Latin balbus, from Proto-Indo-European balb-.

bovo (Ladino): foolish, idiotic

Definitions

  1. foolish, idiotic

Ancestry of “bovo”, step by step

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