Where does “babo” come from?

babo (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Turkish baba, from Ottoman Turkish بابا, from Old Anatolian Turkish بَبَا.

babo (Serbo-Croatian): father; vocative singular of baba

Definitions

  1. father; vocative singular of baba

Ancestry of “babo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishbabafather; Saint
2Ottoman Turkishباباpapa, daddy, father
3Old Anatolian Turkishبَبَا—
Every word from Old Anatolian Turkish بَبَا →