Where does “nulliparous” come from?
nulliparous (English) comes from Latin nulliparus, from Latin -parus, from Latin pariō, from Latin -iō, from Proto-West Germanic -jō, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
nulliparous (English): That has never given birth; That has never yet...
Definitions
- That has never given birth; That has never yet...
Ancestry of “nulliparous”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | nulliparus | nulliparous (that has never given birth) |
| 2 | Latin | -parus | parous (giving birth) |
| 3 | Latin | pariō | to bear, to give birth to |
| 4 | Latin | -iō | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -jō | Forms agent nouns from verbs |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 8 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |