abob

English

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Proto-Indo-European *h2en- der.

Proto-Germanic *an

Proto-West Germanic *ana

Old English on

Middle English an

Middle English a-

English a-

English bob

English abob

From a- + bob .

abob (not comparable )

Afloat ; bouncing on the surface of a liquid. [First attested in the early 20^th century.]^[1]

abob (not comparable )

(predicative ) Afloat ; bouncing on the surface of a liquid. [First attested in the early 20^th century.]^[1]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), "abob", in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles , 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 6.