Bambino
/bæmˈbiːnoʊ/noun
A baby or small child.
Did you know?Italian bambino is a child’s word built from nursery speech, and its deeper kin show up across Europe in forms tied to early babbling and infancy.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*bab- / *bam-
“Expressive nursery sounds associated with babbling or infant speech”
Late Latin
Latin
bambinus
“A baby or little child, formed from nursery-language sounds”
Medieval Italian
Italian
bambino
“A child; especially a young child or baby”
Modern English
English
bambino
“A baby or small child, borrowed from Italian”