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Where does “bê-á-bá” come from?

bê-á-bá (Portuguese) comes from French b-a ba — basics, fundamentals, ABC.

bê-á-bá (Portuguese): basics, ABCs

Definitions

  1. basics, ABCs

Ancestry of “bê-á-bá”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchb-a babasics, fundamentals, ABC
Every word from French b-a ba →