The story
- Latin · derived frombibō“to drink”
- Middle English · inherited frombibben
- English todaybib
Originally verb sense “drink heartily”, from Middle English bibben, either from Latin bibō (“to drink”) or of imitative origin. Noun sense (clothing) presumably either because worn while drinking, or because the clothing itself “drinks up” spills.
Words from the same roots
Latinbibō all →
beveragebeverbibationbibativeness
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.