Etymology

birthstead

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Today it means: The place of one's birth, birthplace. Full definition →

Middle English birth-sted
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  1. Middle English · inherited frombirth-sted
  2. English todaybirthstead

From Middle English birth-sted, equivalent to birth + stead (“place, location”).

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