- puerperal (adj.)
[puerperal 词源字典]
- 1768, with -al (1) + Latin puerperus "bringing forth children; bearing a child" (as a noun, "woman in labor"), from puer "child, boy" (see puerility) + parere "to bear" (see pare). Earlier puerperial (1620s).[puerperal etymology, puerperal origin, 英语词源]