English

furbaby

From fur + baby.

A compound of fur + baby

Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- ‘to protect, to ward’

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Proto-West Germanic *fōdr

Frankish *fōdar

Anglo-Norman forre ‘case’

Middle English furre

English fur

Proto-Indo-European *bʰā-

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Proto-West Germanic *babō

Old English *baba ‘a male child’

Middle English babe ‘babe’

Middle English baby

English baby

Today it means

noun A furry pet considered a child by a human.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.