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Where does “balbuti” come from?

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

balbuti (Latin): second-person singular present active imperative...

Definitions

  1. second-person singular present active imperative...

Ancestry of “balbuti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinbalbutioI stutter or stammer; I lisp; I babble
2Latinbalbusstammering, stuttering; lisping; fumbling
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbalb-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European balb- →