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perinatal

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.57 in modern English

Syllables
peri-na-tal
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to the time around birth.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der. Ancient Greek περῐ́ (perĭ́)der. English peri- Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₁tós Proto-Italic *gnātos Latin gnātus Latin nātus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin nātālisbor. Middle English natal English natal English perinatal From peri- + natal.

Inflected Forms

more perinatal (comparative) most perinatal (superlative)

Derived Forms

nonperinatal perinatality perinatally

Frequently Paired Words

antenatal natal neonatal prenatal postnatal

Questions

What does perinatal mean?
Of or pertaining to the time around birth.
Where does perinatal come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der. Ancient Greek περῐ́ (perĭ́)der. English peri- Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₁tós Proto-Italic *gnātos Latin gnātus Latin nātus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin nātālisbor. Middle English natal English natal English perinatal From peri- + natal.

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