Where does “bobo” come from?

bobo (Sranan Tongo) comes from Portuguese Bobo, from Spanish bobo, from Latin balbus, from Proto-Indo-European balb-.

bobo (Sranan Tongo): dolt, dweeb, wimp

Definitions

  1. dolt, dweeb, wimp

Ancestry of “bobo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PortugueseBobo—
2Spanishbobostupid, silly, naive; A stupid or naive person; a...
3Latinbalbusstammering, stuttering; lisping; fumbling
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbalb-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European balb- →
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