English
neonate
Neonate comes from New Latin neonātus ‘newborn’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to produce’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵenh₁-‘to produce’root as named · steps between not traced
- New Latinc. 1500–1900neonātus‘newborn’
- Englishtodayneonate
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵenh₁-‘to produce’root as named · steps between not traced
- New Latinc. 1500–1900neonātus‘newborn’
- Englishtodayneonate
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to produce’
kind, general, king, german, engine, gender, nature, pregnant, generation, genius, native, oxygen, nation, ken, genre, genuine, gentle, indigenous, genetic, gene, hydrogen, genocide, genus, kin, noel, naive, genital, ingenious, germ, gentile, natal, nee, gens, nascent, nada, naïve, innate, nativity, puny, glycogen, 115 more
Today it means
noun A newborn infant; recently born baby.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- / neonate