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Where does “gato-bravo” come from?

gato-bravo (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese bravo, from Italian bravo, from Vulgar Latin bravus, from Latin barbarus, from Ancient Greek βάρβαρος, from Proto-Indo-European balb-.

gato-bravo (Portuguese): wildcat

Definitions

  1. wildcat

Ancestry of “gato-bravo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesebravovaliant, courageous; uneducated, uncivilized;...
2Italianbravogood, well-behaved; good, skilful, capable,...
3Vulgar Latinbravus—
4Latinbarbarusforeign; savage; uncivilized
5Ancient Greekβάρβαροςnon-Greek-speaking, foreign; barbaric, brutal,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbalb-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European balb- →