Where does “puerperus” come from?

puerperus (Latin) comes 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.

puerperus (Latin): of a woman in labor

Definitions

  1. of a woman in labor

Ancestry of “puerperus”, step by step

puerperus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin pariō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpariōto bear, to give birth to
2Latin-iō—
3Proto-West Germanic-jōForms agent nouns from verbs
4Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
6Chichewaiyehe, she

via Latin puer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpuera child; chit; a boy, lad; a male servant or...
2Proto-Italic*puweros—

Words derived from “puerperus”

Every word from Chichewa iye →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yéti →Every word from Latin -iō →