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Where does “Bubbette” come from?

Bubbette (English) comes from English bubba, from English bub, from English brother, from Middle English brother, from Old English brōþor, from Proto-West Germanic brōþer, from Proto-Germanic brōþēr, from Proto-Indo-European bʰréh₂tēr — brother.

Bubbette (English): A working-class white female from the rural...

Definitions

  1. A working-class white female from the rural...

Ancestry of “Bubbette”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbubbaBrother; A working-class white male from the...
2EnglishbubAn alcoholic malt liquor, especially beer; A...
3EnglishbrotherSon of the same parents as another person; A male...
4Middle EnglishbrotherA :brother or brother-in-law; a male sibling; A ...
5Old Englishbrōþorbrother
6Proto-West Germanicbrōþerbrother
7Proto-Germanicbrōþērbrother
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰréh₂tērbrother
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰréh₂tēr →