Etymology

postnatal

P3O1S1T1N1A1T1A1L1

Today it means: After being born, of or pertaining to the period immediately after birth (of a baby). Full definition →

English natal ← Middle English natal ← Latin nātālis
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*pós
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pósti
  3. Proto-Italic*posti
  4. Old Latinposte
  5. Latinpost
  6. Englishpost-
  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 todaypostnatal

From post- + natal. First use appears c. 1831.

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