Etymology

gabbler

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Today it means: One who gabbles, or prates loquaciously on a trifling subject. Full definition →

English gabble ← Middle English gabben ← Old English gabban
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The story

  1. Proto-Germanic*gabbōną
  2. Proto-West Germanic*gabbōn
  3. Old Englishgabban
  4. Middle Englishgabben
  5. Englishgab
  6. Englishgabble
  7. English todaygabbler

From gabble + -er.

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