Where does “boboca” come from?

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

boboca (Portuguese): idiotic, foolish; silly

Definitions

  1. idiotic, foolish; silly

Ancestry of “boboca”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PortugueseBobo—
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 →