baby-sit
English
verb
Definitions
- (ambitransitive) To watch or tend someone else's child for a period of time, often for money.
- (ambitransitive) To watch or attend anything or anyone unnecessarily closely; to have to help or coax too much.
Etymology
Compound from English baby + English sit.
Origin
English
sit
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Babygro English
- atsit English
- babe English
- babify English
- babily English
- babiness English
- baby English
- baby dedication English
- baby-to-be English
- babycakes English
- babycare English
- babydom English
- babyese English
- babyface English
- babyfather English
- babyfic English
- babyfur English
- babygirl English
- babygram English
- babygro English
- babyhood English
- babyhouse English
- babyish English
- babyism English
- babykin English
- babykins English
- babyless English
- babylike English
- babymaker English
- babymaking English
- babymother English
- babyness English
- babyolatry English
- babyproof English
- babyship English
- babysitter English
- babyspeak English
- babystay English
- babywear English
- babywearing English
- besit English
- birdsit English
- birdysit English
- bushbaby English
- crybaby English
- dogsit English
- furbaby English
- grandbaby English
- granny-sit English
- horsesit English
- house-sit English
- manbaby English
- merbaby English
- missit English
- nonbaby English
- outsit English
- oversit English
- pigsit English
- pissbaby English
- prebaby English
- puppysit English
- resit English
- sit English
- sit-ski English
- sitfast English
- sitootery English
- sitout English
- sitski English
- sitsome English
- sitter English
- sittest English
- sitteth English
- sitting English
- situp English
- sugar baby English
- unbabied English
- beibi Finnish
- Baby German
- sitzen German
- baby parking Italian
- baby Dutch, Flemish
- bébé French
- беби Russian
- baby Norwegian Bokmål
- ベビー Japanese
- baby Norwegian Nynorsk
- babee Middle English
- sitten Middle English
- baby Danish
- sidi Esperanto
- babi Welsh
- pabebe Tagalog
- beebi Estonian
- BB Chinese
- 北鼻 Chinese
- bebi Tok Pisin
- pēpē Hawaiian
- Bewi Pennsylvania German
- بيبي Gulf Arabic
- piipiq Yup'ik
- sit
- baby
- babe
- besit
- situp
- atsit
- resit
- babily
- dogsit
- pigsit
- babify
- sitter
- sitout
- outsit
- sitski
- missit
- prebaby
- furbaby
- crybaby
- sittest
- sitting
- oversit
- merbaby
- sitsome
- birdsit
- babygro
- babyish
- babykin
- babyism
- babyese
- nonbaby
- manbaby
- sit-ski
- babyfic
- sitfast
- babydom
- Babygro
- babyfur
- sitteth
- babiness
- babyless
- babyhood
- puppysit
- bushbaby
- babyship
- babykins
- babyness
- babystay
- babycare
- horsesit
- babyface
- babygirl
- babylike
- unbabied
- pissbaby
- birdysit
- babygram
- babywear
- house-sit
- babyspeak
- babycakes
- sitootery
- babyhouse
- babyproof
- grandbaby
- babymaker
- baby-to-be
- babyolatry
- babyfather
- babymaking
- babymother
- granny-sit
- sugar baby
- babysitter
- babywearing
- baby dedication