Where does “toddlerhood” come from?
toddlerhood (English) comes from English toddler, from English toddle, from English totter, from Middle English totren, from Middle English tolteren, from Old English tealtrian, from Proto-Germanic taltrōną, from Proto-Germanic taltōną — to aim, calculate, adjust, count; to reckon,...
toddlerhood (English): The period of one's life in which one is a...
Definitions
- The period of one's life in which one is a...
Ancestry of “toddlerhood”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | toddler | A young child who has started walking but not... |
| 2 | English | toddle | To walk unsteadily, as a small child does; To... |
| 3 | English | totter | To walk, move or stand unsteadily or falteringly;... |
| 4 | Middle English | totren | — |
| 5 | Middle English | tolteren | — |
| 6 | Old English | tealtrian | to shake, stagger, be unsteady, be uncertain,... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | taltrōną | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | taltōną | to sway, dangle, hesitate |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | del- | to aim, calculate, adjust, count; to reckon,... |