Where does “bobo” come from?

bobo (Tagalog) comes from Spanish bobo, from Latin balbus, from Proto-Indo-European balb-.

bobo (Tagalog): fool; idiot; simpleton; stupid; idiotic

Definitions

  1. fool; idiot; simpleton; stupid; idiotic

Ancestry of “bobo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishbobostupid, silly, naive; A stupid or naive person; a...
2Latinbalbusstammering, stuttering; lisping; fumbling
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbalb-—

Words derived from “bobo”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European balb- →Every word from Latin balbus →Every word from Spanish bobo →
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