bellybutton
noun
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noun
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *bʰólǵʰis Proto-Germanic *balgiz Proto-West Germanic *balgi Old English bielġ Middle English bely English belly English button English bellybutton From belly + button.
- The navel or umbilicus.
“Always used to have pain about navel when a boy (used to call it bellybutton ache)[…]”
“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.”