Etymology

crybaby

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Today it means: A baby who cries excessively. Full definition →

English baby ← Middle English baby ← Old English *baba
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The story

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

From cry + baby.

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