The story
- Proto-Indo-European · derived from*per-“to bring forth”
- Latin · derived frompost“after”
- English todaypostpartum
1844, from Latin post (“after”) + partum (“giving birth”), form of partus, from pariō (“to give birth”), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to bring forth”).
Words from the same roots
Latinpost all →
postapostillepost-post festumpost meridiempost mortem
Proto-Indo-European*per- all →
beforefurthersportprimeseparatefearexperimentfareforthcomingparamountparseemporiumparlaypareperihelionappriseportentousparamourfraisefirnparlousafeardisportfore-forlorn hopefornefraistmi-partimisprisionporte cochère
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.