Etymology

puerperal

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Today it means: Of, pertaining to, or associated with the puerperium (the first month of postpartum), or, sometimes also Full definition →

New Latin puerperālis ← Latin puerpera
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The story

  1. Latin · derived frompuerpera“woman in childbirth”
  2. New Latin · borrowed frompuerperālis
  3. 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

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