misbirth
English
noun
Definitions
- An abortion.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English misbyrd (abortion) inherited from Proto-Germanic *missa- (badly, wrongly, astay, mis-, amiss, divergent) prefix from English birth.
Origin
English
birth
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- afterbirth English
- antibirth English
- bear English
- birth English
- birth certificate English
- birth-certificate English
- birthchild English
- birthdate English
- birthday English
- birthdom English
- birther English
- birthfather English
- birthgasm English
- birthhood English
- birthing English
- birthland English
- birthless English
- birthline English
- birthmark English
- birthmother English
- birthnight English
- birthparent English
- birthplace English
- birthrate English
- birthright English
- birthroot English
- birthsite English
- birthstone English
- birthstool English
- birthtime English
- birthweight English
- birthwise English
- birthwort English
- birthyear English
- cross-birth English
- forebirth English
- freebirth English
- gainbirth English
- homebirth English
- inbirth English
- interbirth English
- livebirth English
- mis- English
- multibirth English
- nonbirth English
- outbirth English
- postbirth English
- prebirth English
- rebirth English
- starbirth English
- stillbirth English
- unbirth English
- virgin birth English
- watch-birth English
- Geburt German
- Missgeburt German
- *mey- Proto-Indo-European
- *mitto Proto-Indo-European
- *missa- Proto-Germanic
- byrd Old English
- mis- Old English
- misbyrd Old English
- birthe Middle English
- mis- Old Norse
- missa- Old High German
- πΌπΉπππ°- Gothic
- mis- Old Dutch
- mes- Occitan
- *mis- Frankish
- *missa- Frankish
- mis-
- bear
- birth
- inbirth
- rebirth
- birther
- unbirth
- prebirth
- birthing
- birthdom
- nonbirth
- outbirth
- birthday
- birthhood
- birthgasm
- birthline
- livebirth
- birthsite
- birthrate
- birthmark
- birthland
- birthwise
- forebirth
- freebirth
- birthtime
- birthroot
- birthless
- birthwort
- postbirth
- gainbirth
- starbirth
- birthdate
- birthyear
- homebirth
- antibirth
- birthnight
- multibirth
- birthplace
- birthstone
- birthright
- afterbirth
- birthchild
- birthstool
- interbirth
- stillbirth
- watch-birth
- birthmother
- birthweight
- cross-birth
- birthparent
- birthfather
- virgin birth
- birth-certificate
- birth certificate