Where does “babe” come from?

babe (Middle English) comes from Old English baba, from Proto-Germanic babô, from Proto-Germanic bō-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰā- — to say.

babe (Middle English): babe, baby

Definitions

  1. babe, baby

Ancestry of “babe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishbababoy, child
2Proto-Germanicbabô—
3Proto-Germanicbō-A stem meaning "father, brother, close male...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰā-to say

Words derived from “babe”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰā- →