Etymology

babes

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English babe ← Middle English babe ← Old English *baba
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babes · noun1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

babes · noun2

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰā-
  2. Proto-Germanic*bō-redup.
  3. Proto-Germanic*babô
  4. Proto-West Germanic*babō
  5. Old English*baba
  6. Middle Englishbabe
  7. Englishbabe
  8. English todaybabes

From babe + -s (hypocoristic suffix).

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