Where does “brav” come from?

brav (Romanian) comes from French brave, from Italian bravo, from Vulgar Latin bravus, from Latin barbarus, from Ancient Greek βάρβαρος, from Proto-Indo-European balb-.

brav (Romanian): brave, courageous

Definitions

  1. brave, courageous

Ancestry of “brav”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbravebrave; honest; hero
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-
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