Jabber
/ˈdʒæb.ər/noun
To talk rapidly, excitedly, or nonsensically.
Did you know?“Jabber” is generally traced to the same Germanic sound-symbolic root behind words like “gab” and “gob,” showing how languages turn raw noise into meaning without any magic at all.
Etymological Timeline
Middle English
EN
jaberen
“to chatter, prattle”
15th–16th Century
English
jabber
“to talk rapidly or nonsensically”
Early Modern English
English
gab
“idle talk; chatter”
Old English
OE
gaf
“talk, speech (related Germanic forms)”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*gab-
“to talk, chatter”