bellybutton

bellybutton

See also: belly-button and belly button

English

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Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ-der.
Proto-Germanic *balgiz
Proto-West Germanic *balgi
Old English bielġ
Middle English bely
English belly
English button
English bellybutton

    From belly + button.

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    Noun

    bellybutton (plural bellybuttons)

    1. (informal) The navel or umbilicus.
      • 1909, The Boston Medical and Surgical Journal‎[1]:
        Always used to have pain about navel when a boy (used to call it bellybutton ache) […]
      • 2019 June, “Five phobias you didn’t know existed”, in BBC Bitesize‎[2]:
        Some people can’t even bear the thought of picking the fluff out of their bellybuttons - these people suffer from what is known as omphalophobia.

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