Where does “brawura” come from?
brawura (Polish) comes from Italian bravura, from Italian bravo, from Vulgar Latin bravus, from Latin barbarus, from Ancient Greek βάρβαρος, from Proto-Indo-European balb-.
brawura (Polish): bravado
Ancestry of “brawura”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | bravura | skill; cleverness; virtuosity |
| 2 | Italian | bravo | good, well-behaved; good, skilful, capable,... |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | bravus | — |
| 4 | Latin | barbarus | foreign; savage; uncivilized |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | βάρβαρος | non-Greek-speaking, foreign; barbaric, brutal,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | balb- | — |