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
Ancestry of “babyboomer”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | baby boomer | A person born in the postwar years , when there... |
| 2 | English | boomer | An adult male kangaroo; Ellipsis of baby boomer;... |
| 3 | English | Boom | — |
| 4 | Dutch | Boom | — |
| 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 |