Pregnancy

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late Middle English: from Latin praegnant-, probably from prae ‘before’ + the base of gnasci ‘be born’.


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From pregnant +‎ -cy.


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pregnancy (n.)

"state of a female who has conceived or is with child," 1520s (originally figurative), from pregnant (adj.1) + abstract noun suffix -cy. Literal use attested from 1590s. An earlier word in this sense was pregnacioun (early 15c.), from Old French pregnacion and Latin praegnationem.