Preparing for a baby, Maternity

Maternity

MaternityNoun

[mass noun]
  • Motherhood.
  • [usually as modifier] the period during pregnancy and shortly after childbirth: maternity leave

 

Origin:

Early 17th century: from French maternité, from Latin maternus, from mater ‘mother’

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