Obs. [Origin uncertain: apparently from infantile utterance. (The similar Celtic words are all late; some of them prob. from English.)] = BABE, BABY, 1, 2.
a. 1230. Ancr. R., 234. Weope efter him, ase deð þet lutel baban [v.r. barn] efter his moder.
1570. Levins, Manip., /163. Babbon, pupus.
