Where does “obra” come from?
obra (Swedish) comes from Swedish bra, from Swedish braf, from Low German brav, from French brave, from Italian bravo, from Vulgar Latin bravus, from Latin barbarus, from Ancient Greek βάρβαρος.
obra (Swedish): ungood, not good
Definitions
- ungood, not good
Ancestry of “obra”, step by step
obra traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish bra
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | bra | good; well |
| 2 | Swedish | braf | good, brave |
| 3 | Low German | brav | — |
| 4 | French | brave | brave; honest; hero |
| 5 | Italian | bravo | good, well-behaved; good, skilful, capable,... |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | bravus | — |
| 7 | Latin | barbarus | foreign; savage; uncivilized |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | βάρβαρος | non-Greek-speaking, foreign; barbaric, brutal,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | balb- | — |
via Swedish o
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | o | O; the letter o; the Greek letter omega, being... |