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Where does “gab” come from?

Gab comes from Middle English gabben, from Old Norse gabba, from Proto-Germanic gabbaną, from Proto-Indo-European ghabh-.

gab (English): Idle chatter; The mouth or gob; One of the...

Definitions

  1. Idle chatter; The mouth or gob; One of the...

Ancestry of “gab”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishGabriel—
2LatinGabriel—
3Ancient GreekΓαβριήλ—
4HebrewגבריאלGabriel, an archangel associated with carrying...
5Hebrewאֵלa God; God, deity; god, God
6Hebrewשמואל—
7Hebrewשְׁמוּאֵל—

Words derived from “gab”

  • gabble
  • gabby
  • gabbler
  • gabfest
  • gabber
  • bafflegab
  • gabbiness
  • gabberhouse
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