Etymology

father-to-be

Today it means: A male partner of a pregnant woman (mother-to-be), especially when she is pregnant for the first time. Full definition →

English father ← Middle English fader ← Old English fæder
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*peh₂-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ph₂tḗr
  3. Proto-Germanic*fadēr
  4. Proto-West Germanic*fader
  5. Old Englishfæder
  6. Middle Englishfader
  7. Englishfather
  8. English todayfather-to-be

From father + -to-be.

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