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Where does “balbus” come from?

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

balbus (Latin): stammering, stuttering; lisping; fumbling

Definitions

  1. stammering, stuttering; lisping; fumbling

Ancestry of “balbus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanbalb-—

Words derived from “balbus”

  • booby
  • bobbin
  • boob
  • boobless
  • boobage
  • boobyism
  • boobyish
  • boobish
  • bobbinless
  • big-boob
  • boobishly
  • boobfeeder
  • underboob
  • manboob
  • booby trap
  • sideboob
  • bobbinwork
  • balbutiate
  • bobbin tank
  • booblessness
  • bobbinlike
  • booblike
  • boobfeed
  • boobular
Every word from Proto-Indo-European balb- →