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Where does “babiladi” come from?

babiladi (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto babili, from French babiller, from Old French babillier, from Old Dutch *babōn, from Proto-Germanic babalōną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰa-bʰa-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰā- — to say.

babiladi (Esperanto): to chat, especially for a significant period of...

Definitions

  1. to chat, especially for a significant period of...

Ancestry of “babiladi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantobabilito chat, chatter, talk
2Frenchbabillerto chat; to babble; to natter
3Old Frenchbabillierto babble; to chatter; to natter
4Old Dutch*babōn—
5Proto-Germanicbabalōnąto chatter, babble
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰa-bʰa-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰā-to say
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