Etymology

neonatal

N1E1O1N1A1T1A1L1

Today it means: Of or pertaining to the period of time immediately following birth, or to the newborn. Full definition →

English natal ← Middle English natal ← Latin nātālis
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*nu
  2. Proto-Indo-European*néwos
  3. Proto-Hellenic*néwos
  4. Ancient Greekνέος (néos)
  5. Ancient Greekνεο- (neo-)
  6. Englishneo-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*ǵenh₁-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*ǵn̥h₁tós
  9. Proto-Italic*gnātos
  10. Latingnātus
  11. Latinnātus
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  14. Latinnātālis
  15. Middle Englishnatal
  16. Englishnatal
  17. English todayneonatal

From neo- + natal.

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