Where does “bob” come from?

bob (Romanian) comes from Serbo-Croatian bȍb, from English Bob, from Middle English bobben — to strike, to shake; to strike, beat, shake, jog.

bob (Romanian): A type of bean, field bean, horse bean, broad...

Definitions

  1. A type of bean, field bean, horse bean, broad...

Ancestry of “bob”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianbȍbbroad bean
2EnglishBobA generic male person
3Middle Englishbobbento strike, to shake; to strike, beat, shake, jog

Words derived from “bob

Every word from Middle English bobbenEvery word from English BobEvery word from Serbo-Croatian bȍb
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