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7 letters · 16 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a woman skilled in aiding the delivery of babies
originFrom Middle English midwif, corresponding to mid (“with”) + wif (“woman, wife, female”). It appears not to be entirely clear whether the original understanding was “with-woman” in the sense of “attending/assisting woman”, or “they who are with the woman” (namely the mother).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0