Where does “bobão” come from?
bobão (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese Bobo, from Spanish bobo, from Latin balbus, from Proto-Indo-European balb-.
bobão (Portuguese): Augmentative of bobo
Ancestry of “bobão”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Portuguese | Bobo | — |
| 2 | Spanish | bobo | stupid, silly, naive; A stupid or naive person; a... |
| 3 | Latin | balbus | stammering, stuttering; lisping; fumbling |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | balb- | — |