Where does “bib” come from?

Bib comes from Middle English bibben, from Latin bibo meaning to drink, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European peh₃- meaning to drink.

bib (English): An item of clothing for people tied around their...

Definitions

  1. An item of clothing for people tied around their...

Ancestry of “bib”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishbibben—
2Latinbibōto drink
3Latin-ilis-ile
4Proto-Italic-elis—
5Proto-Indo-European-elis—
6Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “bib”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Latin -ilis →Every word from Latin bibō →
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