fetus

English

/ˈfiːtəs/

noun
Definitions
  • (Australia) An unborn or unhatched vertebrate showing signs of the mature animal.
  • (Australia) A human embryo after the eighth week of gestation.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fētus (offspring, fruitful, nursing, bearing young, young) root from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)- (suckle, suck, nurse, suck milk).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*dʰeh₁(y)-

Gloss

suckle, suck, nurse, suck milk

Concept
Semantic Field

Basic actions and technology

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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