Where does “tonto del haba” come from?

tonto del haba (Spanish) comes from Spanish haba, from Old Spanish faba, from Latin faba, from Proto-Indo-European bʰabʰ- — bean.

tonto del haba (Spanish): idiot; fool; butt of a joke

Definitions

  1. idiot; fool; butt of a joke

Ancestry of “tonto del haba”, step by step

tonto del haba traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish haba

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishhababroad bean, horse bean; bean; ballot ball
2Old Spanishfaba—
3Latinfababean; horse bean; a small object with the shape...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰabʰ-bean

via Spanish tonto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishtontostupid; silly, foolish; a fool, a stupid person
2Western Apachekounʼndewild rough people

via Spanish dél

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishdélof him, from him
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰabʰ- →Every word from Latin faba →Every word from Old Spanish faba →