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Where does “balbare” come from?

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

Ancestry of “balbare”, step by step

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