Where does “babyboomer” come from?
babyboomer (Dutch) comes from English baby boomer, from English boomer, from English Boom, from Dutch Boom, from Dutch bodem, from Middle Dutch bodem, from Old Dutch *bodom, from Old English botm — smoke; mist, haze.
babyboomer (Dutch): baby boomer
Definitions
- baby boomer
Ancestry of “babyboomer”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | baby boomer | A person born in the postwar years, generally considered in the United States and other Allied countries as between 1946 and the early 1960s |
| 2 | English | boomer | An adult male kangaroo; Ellipsis of baby boomer;... |
| 3 | English | Boom | A Belgian town and municipality in the southwest of the Flemish province of Antwerp |
| 4 | Dutch | Boom | a Belgian town and municipality in the Flemish province of Antwerp |
| 5 | Dutch | bodem | bottom; soil, ground; earth surface |
| 6 | Middle Dutch | bodem | — |
| 7 | Old Dutch | *bodom | — |
| 8 | Old English | botm | bottom; foundation; ground; abyss |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | butmaz | bottom; foundation; ground; abyss |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰudʰmḗn | bottom |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewbʰ- | deep |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |