Where does “bâlbâitură” come from?

bâlbâitură (Romanian) comes from Romanian bâlbâi, from Latin balbutire, from Latin balbus, from Proto-Indo-European balb-.

bâlbâitură (Romanian): stutter

Definitions

  1. stutter

Ancestry of “bâlbâitură”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianbâlbâito stutter, stammer
2Latinbalbutirepresent active infinitive of balbūtiō
3Latinbalbusstammering, stuttering; lisping; fumbling
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbalb-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European balb- →Every word from Latin balbus →Every word from Latin balbutire →