Etymology

manbaby

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Today it means: A childishly whiny man; a man child. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*mon-
  2. Proto-Germanic*mann-
  3. Proto-West Germanic*mann
  4. Old Englishmann
  5. Middle Englishman
  6. Englishman
  7. Proto-Indo-European*bʰā-
  8. Proto-Germanic*bō-redup.
  9. Proto-Germanic*babô
  10. Proto-West Germanic*babō
  11. Old English*baba
  12. Middle Englishbabe
  13. Middle Englishbaby
  14. Englishbaby
  15. English todaymanbaby

From man + baby.

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