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- →Every word from Ancient Greek βάρβαρος →Every word from Latin barbarus →