Where does “parturition” come from?
Parturition derives from Latin parturitio, from Latin parturio, from Latin pario meaning to bring forth, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European perh₃-.
parturition (English): The act of giving birth; childbirth
Definitions
- The act of giving birth; childbirth
Ancestry of “parturition”, step by step
parturition traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin parturitio
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | parturitio | parturition |
| 2 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 3 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 4 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 5 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 6 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 7 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 8 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via Italian partorire
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | partorire | to give birth to; to produce |
| 2 | Spanish | parto | childbirth, labor; offspring; Parthian |
| 3 | Latin | partus | born, given birth to, having been born; gained,... |
| 4 | Latin | pariō | to bear, to give birth to |
| 5 | Latin | -iō | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -jō | Forms agent nouns from verbs |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |