Where does “Bobo” come from?

Bobo (Portuguese) comes from Spanish bobo, from Latin balbus, from Proto-Indo-European balb-.

Ancestry of “Bobo”, step by step

Bobo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish bobo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishbobostupid, silly, naive; A stupid or naive person; a...
2Latinbalbusstammering, stuttering; lisping; fumbling
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbalb-—

via Ewe bobó

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ewebobó—

Words derived from “Bobo”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European balb- →Every word from Latin balbus →Every word from Spanish bobo →