Baby etymology

English

English word baby comes from Proto-Indo-European *bhā- (father, (elder) brother), and later Proto-Germanic *bō- (a stem meaning father, brother, close male relation), which became reduplicated in Proto-Germanic as *babô and gave rise to Middle English *baba and modern English babe (and eventually baby)

Detailed word origin of baby

Dictionary entry Language Definition
*bhā- Proto-Indo-European (ine) father, (elder) brother”
*bō- Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) A stem meaning father, brother, close male relation.
*babô Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) A reduplicated variant of *bō-
*baba Old English (ang) boy, child
babe Middle English (enm)
babi Middle English (enm)
baby English (en) (archaic) A small image of an infant; a doll.. (informal) A form of address to a man or a woman considered to be attractive.. A person who is immature or infantile.. A pet project or responsibility.. A very young human, particularly from birth to a couple of years old or until walking is fully mastered.. An affectionate term for anything.. Any very young animal, especially a vertebrate; many [...]

Words with the same origin as baby

Descendants of *bhā-

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