Etymology of the English word pregnant
the English word
pregnantderived from the Old French word
pregnantderived from the Latin word
praegnans (with child, pregnant)
derived from the Latin word
gignere (give birth to, bring forth, bear)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*genə-derived from the Latin word
praegnas (with child, pregnant)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*genə-using the Latin prefix
prae-derived from the Latin word
prae (in front of; before)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*prai-Derivations in English
pregnancyDerivations in other languages
Portuguese
pregnanteCognates
Dutch
pregnant, German
prägnant, Norwegian
pregnant, Swedish
pregnantUsage
Word found in Modern English
