Where does “Balotă” come from?

Balotă (Romanian) comes from Romanian bală, from Romanian bale, from Vulgar Latin baba — drooling, infantile talk; drool, spit.

Ancestry of “Balotă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianbalămonster, beast, animal; slobber, drool
2Romanianbaleslobber, drool, dribble, saliva
3Vulgar Latinbabadrooling, infantile talk; drool, spit

Words derived from “Balotă”

Every word from Vulgar Latin baba →Every word from Romanian bale →Every word from Romanian bală →