Where does “babie” come from?

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

babie (Middle English): baby

Definitions

  1. baby

Ancestry of “babie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishbabebabe, baby
2Old Englishbababoy, child
3Proto-Germanicbabô—
4Proto-Germanicbō-A stem meaning "father, brother, close male...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰā-to say
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰā- →Every word from Proto-Germanic bō- →Every word from Proto-Germanic babô →