Where does “bobalhão” come from?

bobalhão (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese -alho, from Latin -ālia, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis — forms relational adjectives.

bobalhão (Portuguese): A stupid person

Definitions

  1. A stupid person

Ancestry of “bobalhão”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguese-alho—
2Latin-ālia—
3Latin-ālis—
4Proto-Italic-ālisforms relational adjectives
Every word from Proto-Italic -ālis →Every word from Latin -ālis →Every word from Latin -ālia →