Where does “babosa-brava” come from?
babosa-brava (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese babosa, from Spanish baboso, from Spanish -oso, from Old Spanish -oso, from Latin -osus, from Old Latin -osos, from Latin ont-to-s, from Latin -o-wont-to-s.
babosa-brava (Portuguese): American aloe (Agave americana)
Definitions
- American aloe (Agave americana)
Ancestry of “babosa-brava”, step by step
babosa-brava traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese babosa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | babosa | aloe vera |
| 2 | Spanish | baboso | slimy; dribbling, drooling; immature, callow |
| 3 | Spanish | -oso | -ous, -ful, -y |
| 4 | Old Spanish | -oso | — |
| 5 | Latin | -osus | -ose, -ous; full of, overly, prone to |
| 6 | Old Latin | -osos | accusative masculine plural of -ōsus |
| 7 | Latin | ont-to-s | — |
| 8 | Latin | -o-wont-to-s | — |
via Portuguese brava
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | brava | feminine singular of bravo |
| 2 | Portuguese | bravo | valiant, courageous; uneducated, uncivilized;... |
| 3 | Italian | bravo | good, well-behaved; good, skilful, capable,... |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | bravus | — |
| 5 | Latin | barbarus | foreign; savage; uncivilized |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | βάρβαρος | non-Greek-speaking, foreign; barbaric, brutal,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | balb- | — |