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
- wildcat
Ancestry of “gato-bravo”, step by step
gato-bravo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese bravo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | bravo | valiant, courageous; uneducated, uncivilized;... |
| 2 | Italian | bravo | good, well-behaved; good, skilful, capable,... |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | bravus | — |
| 4 | Latin | barbarus | foreign; savage; uncivilized |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | βάρβαρος | non-Greek-speaking, foreign; barbaric, brutal,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | balb- | — |