Etymology

bizbabble

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Today it means: Meaningless verbiage or jargon of business executives. Full definition →

English babble ← Middle English bisynes ← Old English bisiġnes
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The story

  1. Proto-West Germanic*bisīg
  2. Old Englishbisiġ
  3. Old Englishbisiġnes
  4. Middle Englishbisynes
  5. Englishbusinessclip.
  6. Englishbiz
  7. Englishbabble
  8. English todaybizbabble

From biz + babble.

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