Where does “boba” come from?

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

boba (Portuguese): feminine singular of bobo

Definitions

  1. feminine singular of bobo

Ancestry of “boba”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesebobosilly, stupid; naive; jester
2Spanishbobostupid, silly, naive; A stupid or naive person; a...
3Latinbalbusstammering, stuttering; lisping; fumbling
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbalb-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European balb- →Every word from Latin balbus →Every word from Spanish bobo →