Where does “baby” come from?
Baby comes from Middle English baby, from Middle English babe, from Middle English baban, from Old English baba, from Proto-Germanic bō-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰā-.
baby (English): A very young human, particularly from birth to a...
Definitions
- A very young human, particularly from birth to a...
Ancestry of “baby”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | baby | — |
| 2 | Middle English | -y | Designates an adjective, in many cases formed by... |
| 3 | Old English | -iġ | -y, -ic |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | -g | Forms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -gaz | -y |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |
Words derived from “baby”