Etymology

perinatal

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Today it means: Of or pertaining to the time around birth. Full definition →

English natal ← Middle English natal ← Latin nātālis
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  2. Ancient Greekπερῐ́ (perĭ́)
  3. Englishperi-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*ǵenh₁-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*ǵn̥h₁tós
  6. Proto-Italic*gnātos
  7. Latingnātus
  8. Latinnātus
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  11. Latinnātālis
  12. Middle Englishnatal
  13. Englishnatal
  14. English todayperinatal

From peri- + natal.

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