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bam⋅bi⋅no

  [bam-bee-noh, bahm-; It. bahm-bee-naw]
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–noun, plural -nos, Italian, -ni  [-nee] .
1. a small child or baby.
2. an image of the infant Jesus.
Origin:
1755–65; < It, equiv. to bamb(o) childish (perh. orig. nursery word) + -ino dim. suffix
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bam·bi·no   (bām-bē'nō, bäm-)   
n.   pl. bam·bi·nos or bam·bi·ni (-nē)

  1. A child; a baby.

  2. A representation of the infant Jesus.


[Italian, diminutive of bambo, child.]
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Word Origin & History

bambino 
"little child," 1761, from It., "baby," a dim. of bambo "simple" (cf. L. bambalio "dolt," Gk. bambainein "to stammer").
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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