postpartum
Meaningafter birth
Common meaning: after childbirth
- postafter, later
- partto give birth toLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1304 · scan
- umLatin neuter ending
‘after, later’ + ‘to give birth to’ → postpartum
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
- US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
Origin: Built on Latin pariō ‘to give birth to’.
Roots
- pariō, partum Latin “to give birth to”
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