Where does “Bravo” come from?

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

Bravo (Spanish): angry, furious

Definitions

  1. angry, furious

Ancestry of “Bravo”, step by step

Bravo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian bravo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianbravogood, well-behaved; good, skilful, capable,...
2Vulgar Latinbravus
3Latinbarbarusforeign; savage; uncivilized
4Ancient Greekβάρβαροςnon-Greek-speaking, foreign; barbaric, brutal,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbalb-

via Old Spanish bravo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Spanishbravo
2Latinbrabus

Words derived from “Bravo

Every word from Proto-Indo-European balb-
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