baubel
Old French
Etymology
Probably a reduplication of biau, bel (“good, pretty”).
Noun
baubel oblique singular, m (oblique plural baubeaus or baubeax or baubiaus or baubiax or baubels, nominative singular baubeaus or baubeax or baubiaus or baubiax or baubels, nominative plural baubel)
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (baubel)
- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.