Etymology

bae

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Today it means: The ship prefix for ships of the navy of Ecuador. Full definition →

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

  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 todaybae

Syncopic form of babe or baby. Notably, it is sometimes incorrectly linked to the unrelated Danish word bæ (“poop”). Sometimes claimed to derive from "before anyone else", a possible backronym.

bae · noun2

  1. Korean · borrowed from배
  2. English todaybae

From Korean 배 (bae).

bae · verb3

  1. Old French · derived frombaier
  2. Old French · derived frombay
  3. English todaybae

From Old French bay, combined with aphetized form of abay; verbal form Old French baier, abaier.

BAE · proper noun, noun4

  1. Spanish · borrowed fromBAE
  2. English todayBAE

* (Ecuadoran Navy): Spanish BAE

Bae · proper noun5

  1. Korean · borrowed from배
  2. English todayBae

Borrowed from Korean 배 (bae).

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