primigravida

The story

1. Latin · derived fromgravidus“pregnant, gravid”
2. Medieval Latin · derived fromgravida“pregnant woman”
3. Latin · derived fromprīmus“first”
4. English todayprimigravida

From Latin prīmus (“first”) (modelled after primipara) + Medieval Latin gravida (“pregnant woman”), feminine singular of Latin gravidus (“pregnant, gravid”), from gravō (“to burden, weigh down; to make pregnant”) + -idus (adjective-forming suffix meaning “tending to”).

Words from the same roots

First known use, by meaning

• from late 19th c. A woman or female animal who is pregnant for the first time, or who has been pregnant once.