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Where does “big-boob” come from?

big-boob (English) comes from English boob, from English booby, from English bubby, from English brother, from Middle English brother, from Old English brōþor, from Proto-West Germanic brōþer, from Proto-Germanic brōþēr — brother.

big-boob (English): Having large breasts, busty

Definitions

  1. Having large breasts, busty

Ancestry of “big-boob”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishboobIdiot, fool; Idiotic, foolish; To behave...
2EnglishboobyA stupid person; Any of various large tropical...
3EnglishbubbyA woman's breast; bub; bubba; Alternative...
4EnglishbrotherSon of the same parents as another person; A male...
5Middle EnglishbrotherA :brother or brother-in-law; a male sibling; A ...
6Old Englishbrōþorbrother
7Proto-West Germanicbrōþerbrother
8Proto-Germanicbrōþērbrother
9Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰréh₂tērbrother
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰréh₂tēr →