Where does “bobear” come from?

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

bobear (Portuguese): to act in a silly way; to make a mistake or a...

Definitions

  1. to act in a silly way; to make a mistake or a...

Ancestry of “bobear”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PortugueseBobo—
2Spanishbobostupid, silly, naive; A stupid or naive person; a...
3Latinbalbusstammering, stuttering; lisping; fumbling
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbalb-—

Words derived from “bobear”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European balb- →Every word from Latin balbus →Every word from Spanish bobo →