birth

Meaning

1. The process of childbearing; the beginning of life; the emergence of a human baby or other viviparous animal offspring from the mother's body into the environment.
2. An instance of childbirth.
3. A beginning or start; a point of origin.
4. The circumstances of one's background, ancestry, or upbringing.
5. That which is born.

origin

starting time

yield

family background

live birth

family line

coming into existence

springing up

bringing into the world

death

💀

lying in

Anahit

early development

becoming visible

obstetrical delivery

accouchment

child-birth

give rise

physical condition

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bɜːθ/

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *bʰértisder. Proto-Germanic *burþiz Old Norse burðrbor. Middle English birthe English birth From Middle English birthe (1250), from earlier burthe, burde, from Old Norse burðr, byrd (Old Swedish byrth, Swedish börd), replacing Old English ġebyrd (rare variant byrþ), equivalent to bear + -th (thus a piecewise doublet of berth). The Old Norse is from Proto-Germanic *burdiz (compare Old Frisian berde, berd); Old English ġebyrd is from prefixed *gaburþiz (compare Dutch geboorte, German Geburt), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰr̥tis (compare Latin fors (“luck”), Old Irish brith), from *bʰer- (“to carry, bear”). More at bear.