English
puerperal
Puerperal comes from Latin puerpera ‘woman in childbirth’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpuerpera‘woman in childbirth’
- New Latinc. 1500–1900puerperālis
- Englishtodaypuerperal
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpuerpera‘woman in childbirth’
- New Latinc. 1500–1900puerperālis
- Englishtodaypuerperal
A compound of puer ‘child’ + pariō ‘to bear’
Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w- ‘few, little’
Proto-Indo-European *ph₂weros
Proto-Italic *puweros
Latin puer ‘child’
Proto-Indo-European *perh₃- ‘to produce, beget’
Proto-Italic *parjō ‘to bear, give birth’
Latin pariō ‘to bear’
Every English word from Latin puerpera
Today it means
adj Of, pertaining to, or associated with the puerperium (the first month of postpartum), or, sometimes also
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin puerpera / puerperal