nounAlternative form of babe (“as a term of endearment to a loved one”).
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryEtymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *bʰā-
Proto-Germanic *bō-redup.
Proto-Germanic *babô
Proto-West Germanic *babō
Old English *baba
Middle English babe
English babe
English -syclip.
English -s
English babes
From babe + -s (hypocoristic suffix).
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