Where does “primiparity” come from?
primiparity (English) comes from English primiparous, from Latin primiparus, from Latin -parus, from Latin pariō, from Latin -iō, from Proto-West Germanic -jō, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé- — he, she.
primiparity (English): The condition of being primiparous
Definitions
- The condition of being primiparous
Ancestry of “primiparity”, step by step
primiparity traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English primiparous
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | primiparous | pregnant for the first time; Having given birth... |
| 2 | Latin | primiparus | primiparous (pregnant or giving birth for the first time) |
| 3 | Latin | -parus | parous (giving birth) |
| 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 |