primipara

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*per-“to carry forth”
2. Latin · borrowed fromprīmipara“pregnant for the first time; having given birth to only one offspring; primiparous”
3. English todayprimipara

Borrowed from Latin prīmipara (“pregnant for the first time; having given birth to only one offspring; primiparous”), from prīmus (“first”) + parere (from pariō (“to bear, give birth to; to beget, produce”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to carry forth”)). The word is cognate with French primipare.

Words from the same roots

First known use, by meaning

• from mid 19th c. A woman or female animal during or after her first pregnancy.