wombmate

womb·mate
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/ˈwuːm.meɪt/

noun

A sibling with whom an unborn child shares the womb.

OriginEnglish mate ← Middle English mate ← Middle Low German mate →
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Meanings

nounwombmate (plural wombmates)

plural wombmates

  1. A sibling with whom an unborn child shares the womb.

    The chance to meet one's wombmate, possibly for the first time since the umbilical cords were cut, is irresistible.

    1999, Judith Rich Harris, The Nurture Assumption: Why Children Turn Out the Way They Do

Origin

  1. Englishwomb
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  4. Proto-Germanic*ga-
  5. Proto-Germanic*matiz
  6. Proto-Germanic*matjô
  7. Proto-West Germanic*gamatjô
  8. Old Saxongimato
  9. Middle Low Germanmate
  10. Middle Englishmate
  11. Englishmate
  12. Englishwombmate

From womb + -mate.

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Cite this entry
APA

wombmate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wombmate

MLA

“wombmate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wombmate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wombmate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wombmate.

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