Etymology

gabble

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Today it means: To talk fast, idly, foolishly, or without meaning. Full definition →

English gab ← Middle English gabben ← Old English gabban
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  1. Proto-Germanic*gabbōną
  2. Proto-West Germanic*gabbōn
  3. Old Englishgabban
  4. Middle Englishgabben
  5. Englishgab
  6. English todaygabble

From gab + -le. Cognate with Saterland Frisian gabbelje (“to mock”), Dutch gabbelen (“to chatter, babble”), German Low German gabbeln (“to mock”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.