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English word babe comes from Proto-Indo-European *bʰāt-, and later Proto-Germanic *bō- (A stem meaning father, brother, close male relation.)

*bʰāt- (Proto-Indo-European)

father, (elder) brother, father, elder brother, brother

*bō- (Proto-Germanic)

A stem meaning father, brother, close male relation.

*baba (Old English)

babe (Middle English)

babe (English)

(literary, or, poetic) A baby or infant; a very young human or animal.. (slang) An attractive person, especially a young woman.. Darling (term of endearment).

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