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Where does “puerpera” come from?

puerpera (Latin) comes from Latin puerperus, 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.

puerpera (Latin): a woman in labor or in childbed, a lying-in...

Definitions

  1. a woman in labor or in childbed, a lying-in...

Ancestry of “puerpera”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpuerperusof a woman in labor
2Latinpariō—
3Latin-iō—
4Proto-West Germanic-jōForms agent nouns from verbs
5Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
7Chichewaiyehe, she

Words derived from “puerpera”

  • puerperal
  • puerperium
  • puerpera
  • nonpuerperal
  • puerperally
  • puerperous
  • puerperium
  • puerperus
  • puerperalis
  • puerperio
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