child

English

/t͡ʃaɪld/

noun
Definitions
  • A person who has not yet reached adulthood, whether natural (puberty), cultural (initiation), or legal (majority)
  • (obsolete) A female child, a girl.
  • (with possessive) One's direct descendant by birth, regardless of age; a son or daughter.
  • (cartomancy) The thirteenth Lenormand card.
  • (figurative) A figurative offspring, particularly:
  • (alt form) childe

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English child inherited from Old English ċild (child, youth, female baby, fetus) inherited from Proto-Germanic *kelþaz (womb, fetus, embryo fetus) derived from Proto-Indo-European *ǵelt- (womb).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*ǵelt-

Gloss

womb

Concept
Semantic Field

The body

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Emoji

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