procreation

The story

1. Latin · derived fromprōcreātiō“generation”
2. Old French · derived fromprocreacion
3. English todayprocreation

From Old French procreacion, from Latin prōcreātiō (“generation”), the noun of action from prōcreāre (“to bring forth”), itself from prō- (“forth”) + creāre (“to create”). First attested in c. 1386.