Where does “postpartum” come from?

Postpartum comes from Latin post meaning after, derived from Latin postis meaning post or doorpost, which traces to Proto-Indo-European pósti and ultimately pós.

postpartum (English): after giving birth; The period immediately...

Definitions

  1. after giving birth; The period immediately...

Ancestry of “postpartum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpostbehind; after, since, besides, except; behind,...
2Latinposteablative singular of postis
3Proto-Italicpostibehind, after
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpóstiafter
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpósafterwards, post; by, at

Words derived from “postpartum”

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