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Where does “Babygro” come from?

Babygro (English) comes from English baby, from Middle English baby, from Middle English -y, from Old English -iġ, from Proto-West Germanic -g, from Proto-Germanic -gaz, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.

Ancestry of “Babygro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbabyA very young human, particularly from birth to a...
2Middle Englishbaby—
3Middle English-yDesignates an adjective, in many cases formed by...
4Old English-iġ-y, -ic
5Proto-West Germanic-gForms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a...
6Proto-Germanic-gaz-y
7Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic

Words derived from “Babygro”

  • Babygro
  • babygro
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