Where does “bravissimo” come from?

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

bravissimo (Romanian): bravissimo!

Definitions

  1. bravissimo!

Ancestry of “bravissimo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianbravissimosuperlative degree of bravo; very good
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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