Where does “bobbing” come from?
Bobbing comes from English bob, which derives from Latin obiectus, past participle of iacere meaning to throw, ultimately from Ancient Greek ὀβολός.
bobbing (English): present participle of bob; The motion of...
Definitions
- present participle of bob; The motion of...
Ancestry of “bobbing”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | bob | To move gently and vertically, in either a single... |
| 2 | Middle English | bobben | to strike, to shake; to strike, beat, shake, jog |
Words derived from “bobbing”