Babbling
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Middle English: from Middle Low German babbelen, or an independent English formation, as a frequentative based on the repeated syllable ba, typical of a child's early speech.
wiktionary
From Middle English bablyng, babelynge, equivalent to babble + -ing.
From Middle English bablyng, babelynge, babelinde, equivalent to babble + -ing.
etymonline
babbling (n.)
"muttering, foolish talk," c. 1400, verbal noun from babble (v.). The adjective babblative "given to idle talk" is attested from 1580s. Related: Babblingly.
