foundling

Signification (Anglais)

An abandoned child, left by its parent(s), often a baby left at a convent or similar safe place.

Concepts

enfant trouvé

enfant

🧒

enfant abandonné

enfant illégitime

enfant naturel

Synonymes

abandoned infant

illegitimate child

abandoned child

waif

lovechild

love child

bastard

Traductions

Findelkind

trovatello

expósito

vondeling

Findling

buluntu

expòsit

enjeitado

innocente

😇

figlio illegittimo

έκθετο

esposto

außereheliches Kind

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: foundlyng

In summary

From Middle English foundlyng, fondeyng, variants of Middle English fyndling, fyndlyng. By surface analysis, found + -ling.