Etymograph

English

babouche

Babouche comes from French babouche, from Arabic بَابُوش ‘uncommon form of بَابُوج’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ped- ‘to walk, to step’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ped-1‘to walk, to step’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pṓds2‘foot’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*pā́ts2‘foot’reconstructed
  4. Proto-Iranianprehistoric (reconstructed)*pā́dah2‘foot’reconstructed
  5. Old Persianc. 600–300 BCEpād(a)2transliteratedoriginal script pād(a), a transliteration; the original signs are in Wiktionary‘foot’
  6. Persianc. 900–presentپا3‘foot’
  7. Persianc. 900–presentپاپوش3pâpuš‘slipper’
  8. Arabicc. 500–presentبَابُوش3bābūš‘uncommon form of بَابُوج’
  9. Frenchc. 1600–presentbabouche3
  10. Englishearliest quotation 1729babouche3

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Proto-Indo-European *pṓds
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Persian پا
  3. 3 Wiktionary, English babouche
  4. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1729, Abel Boyer, The Royal Dictionary: “BABOUCHE, S. F. (soulier des Turcs, & autres peuples…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ped-Wiktionary, Proto-Indo-European *pṓds‘to walk, to step’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pṓdsWiktionary, Persian پا‘foot’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*pā́tsWiktionary, Persian پا‘foot’reconstructed
  4. Proto-Iranianprehistoric (reconstructed)*pā́dahWiktionary, Persian پا‘foot’reconstructed
  5. Old Persianc. 600–300 BCEpād(a)Wiktionary, Persian پاtransliteratedoriginal script pād(a), a transliteration; the original signs are in Wiktionary‘foot’
  6. Persianc. 900–presentپاWiktionary, English babouche‘foot’
  7. Persianc. 900–presentپاپوشWiktionary, English babouchepâpuš‘slipper’
  8. Arabicc. 500–presentبَابُوشWiktionary, English babouchebābūš‘uncommon form of بَابُوج’
  9. Frenchc. 1600–presentbaboucheWiktionary, English babouche
  10. Englishearliest quotation 1729baboucheWiktionary, English babouche. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1729, Abel Boyer, The Royal Dictionary: “BABOUCHE, S. F. (soulier des Turcs, & autres peuples…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *ped- ‘to walk, to step’

pilot, expedition, footing, impeachment, fetch, footed, expedite, impediment, ped, fet, fetter, pada, 47 more

through Proto-Indo-European *pṓds ‘foot’

feet, foot, pioneer, pedestrian, pedal, podium, pawn, pew, pedigree, impede, pes, centipede, pedicure, petiole, peon, pedometer, puy, pedicel, pedicle, poy, tripos, biped, quadruped, 36 more

through Proto-Indo-Iranian *pā́ts ‘foot’

pie, pug, baht, 1 more

Today it means

noun A Turkish or Moroccan slipper having no heel.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “babouche”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Proto-Indo-European *pṓds, Persian پا. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ped- / babouche

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