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Where does “bébé” come from?

bébé (Finnish) comes from French bébé, from English baby, from Middle English baby, from Middle English -y, from Old English -iġ, from Proto-West Germanic -g, from Proto-Germanic -gaz, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.

bébé (Finnish): A type of cake; a pastry cup with a creamy...

Definitions

  1. A type of cake; a pastry cup with a creamy...

Ancestry of “bébé”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbébébaby
2EnglishbabyA very young human, particularly from birth to a...
3Middle Englishbaby—
4Middle English-yDesignates an adjective, in many cases formed by...
5Old English-iġ-y, -ic
6Proto-West Germanic-gForms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a...
7Proto-Germanic-gaz-y
8Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic
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