Etymology

grandbabe

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Today it means: a grandchild Full definition →

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

  1. Englishgrand-
  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. Englishbabe
  9. English todaygrandbabe

From grand- + babe.

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