Where does “baublery” come from?
baublery (English) comes from English bauble, from Middle English bable, from Old French babel, from Latin bellus, from Latin villus, from Latin vellus, from Proto-Indo-European h₂welh₁- — to rule; strong, powerful; hair; wool.
baublery (English): gaudy decoration; baubles; trinkets
Definitions
- gaudy decoration; baubles; trinkets
Ancestry of “baublery”, step by step
baublery traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English bauble
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | bauble | A cheap showy ornament piece of jewellery; a... |
| 2 | Middle English | bable | — |
| 3 | Old French | babel | — |
| 4 | Latin | bellus | beautiful, pretty, handsome; pleasant, agreeable,... |
| 5 | Latin | villus | hair, tuft of hair, shaggy hair |
| 6 | Latin | vellus | The wool shorn from a sheep; fleece; wool; The... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂welh₁- | to rule; strong, powerful; hair; wool |
via English ry
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ry | A test pattern consisting of a repeating character string alternating letters R and Y, used to test five-level teleprinter and radioteletype (RTTY) systems |