Etymograph

English

nullipara

Nullipara comes from Latin nūlliparus ‘nulliparous’, from nūllus ‘null’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos ‘one’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁óynos‘one’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*oinos‘one’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*noinolosreconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnūllus‘null’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEnūlliparusas nūllipara‘nulliparous’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 2005nullipara

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁óynos‘one’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*oinos‘one’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*noinolosreconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnūllus‘null’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEnūlliparusas nūllipara‘nulliparous’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 2005nullipara

Earliest quotation: 2005, Martha Finn, Women's Health: A Core Curriculum: “The active phase of labour lasts on average 8…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *ís ‘this, he’

id, yonder, yon, 14 more

through Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos ‘one’

an, one, no, only, any, none, universally, 20 more

through Proto-Italic *oinos ‘one’

union, unique, universal, unite, uno, triune, 19 more

Today it means

noun A woman who has never carried a pregnancy beyond 20 weeks (one who has never given birth). It includes women who have experienced spontaneous miscarriages and induced abortions before the mid-point of pregnancy, but not women who have experienced pregnancy loss after 20 weeks.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos / nullipara

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