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English word child comes from Proto-Indo-European *gle-, Proto-Indo-European *g(')elt-, and later Proto-Germanic *kelþaz (Fetus (child in the womb). Newborn; infant; child.)
*gle- (Proto-Indo-European)
*g(')elt- (Proto-Indo-European)
womb
*ǵelt- (Proto-Indo-European)
*kelþaz (Proto-Germanic)
Fetus (child in the womb). Newborn; infant; child.
ċild (Old English)
cild (Old English)
A baby, (especially) a female baby. A child. A child in the womb: a fetus.
child (Middle English)
child (English)
(cartomancy) The thirteenth Lenormand card.. (computing) A data item, process, or object which has a subservient or derivative role relative to another.. (figuratively) A figurative offspring, particularly:. (obsolete, specifically) a female child, a girl.. (with possessive) One's son or daughter, regardless of age.. A person considered a product of a place or culture, a member of a tribe or [...]