Where does “babykins” come from?
babykins (English) comes from English babykin, from English kin, from English fictionkin, from English fiction, from Middle English ficcioun, from Old French ficcion, from Latin fictio, from Latin -tiō — limestone; chalk; the finish line.
babykins (English): Fond term of address for a baby, child, or lover;...
Definitions
- Fond term of address for a baby, child, or lover;...
Ancestry of “babykins”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | babykin | young baby |
| 2 | English | kin | Race; family; breed; kind; Persons of the same... |
| 3 | English | fictionkin | — |
| 4 | English | fiction | Literary type using invented or imaginative... |
| 5 | Middle English | ficcioun | — |
| 6 | Old French | ficcion | dissimulation, ruse, invention |
| 7 | Latin | fictio | fashioning, forming, formation; fiction |
| 8 | Latin | -tiō | — |
| 9 | Latin | dissertātiō | — |
| 10 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 11 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 12 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 13 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 14 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |