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- Latin · derived frompuerpera“woman in childbirth”
- New Latin · borrowed frompuerperālis
- English todaypuerperal
From New Latin puerperālis, from Latin puerpera (“woman in childbirth”), from puer (“child”) + pariō (“to bear”).
Words from the same roots
Latinpuerpera all →
puerperapuerperous
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.