English
infantcare
From infant + care.
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- ‘to speak’
Latin fāns ‘speaking’
Latin īnfāns ‘an infant’
Anglo-Norman enfaunt
Middle English infaunt ‘baby, infant’
English infant
Proto-Indo-European *ǵeh₂r- ‘to shout, call’
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Proto-Germanic *karō ‘complaint, lament; worry, sorrow’
Proto-West Germanic *karu ‘care, worry’
Old English caru ‘worry, anxiety, care; sorrow’
Middle English care ‘grief’
English care
Today it means
noun The act of supervising and taking care of infants.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / infantcare