8 letters · 14 points in Scrabble
noun the process of giving birth
verb cause to be born
originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *bʰértisder. Proto-Germanic *burþiz Old Norse burðrbor. Middle English birthe English birth English -ing English birthing From birth + -ing.
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