Where does “babel” come from?

babel (Middle Dutch) comes from Latin Babel, from Hebrew בבל, from Akkadian Bābilim — Babylon.

Ancestry of “babel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinBabel—
2HebrewבבלBabylon
3AkkadianBābilimBabylon

Words derived from “babel”

Every word from Akkadian Bābilim →Every word from Hebrew בבל →Every word from Latin Babel →