booby

booby · noun, verb, adjective¹

1. Latin · derived frombalbus“stammering”
2. Spanish · derived frombobo
3. English todaybooby

17th century. From Spanish bobo, from Latin balbus (“stammering”). (bird): Compare typologically Translingual Morus, German Tölpel, Polish głuptak (akin to głupek), Russian о́луша (óluša) (akin to о́лух (ólux)).

booby · noun²

From the earlier form bubby.

booby · adjective³

From boob + -y.