Where does “bae” come from?

bae (English) comes from English babe, from Middle English babe, from Old English baba, from Proto-Germanic babô, from Proto-Germanic bō-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰā- — to say.

bae (English): Darling; Asian pear; To make the sound of a wild...

Definitions

  1. Darling; Asian pear; To make the sound of a wild...

Ancestry of “bae”, step by step

bae traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via English babe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbabeA baby or infant; a very young human or animal;...
2Middle Englishbabebabe, baby
3Old Englishbababoy, child
4Proto-Germanicbabô
5Proto-Germanicbō-A stem meaning "father, brother, close male...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰā-to say

via Old French bay

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchbay
2EnglishabayBarking or baying of dogs at their prey
3Middle EnglishabayThe state of being defenceless against one's...
4Old Frenchabai
5Old Frenchabayer

via Korean

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Koreanship, boat, vessel; belly, abdomen, bulge, bilge;...

Words derived from “bae

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰā-Every word from Proto-Germanic bō-Every word from Proto-Germanic babô