Where does “balbucear” come from?

balbucear (Spanish) comes from Spanish balbucir, from Latin balbutire, from Latin balbus, from Proto-Indo-European balb-.

balbucear (Spanish): to mutter; to stutter, to stammer; to prattle

Definitions

  1. to mutter; to stutter, to stammer; to prattle

Ancestry of “balbucear”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishbalbucirto stammer
2Latinbalbutirepresent active infinitive of balbūtiō
3Latinbalbusstammering, stuttering; lisping; fumbling
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbalb-—

Words derived from “balbucear”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European balb- →Every word from Latin balbus →Every word from Latin balbutire →
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