womb
English
/wuːm/
noun
Definitions
- (anatomy) In female mammals, the organ in which the young are conceived and grow until birth; the uterus.
- (obsolete) The abdomen or stomach.
- (obsolete) The stomach of a person or creature.
- (figuratively) A place where something is made or formed.
- Any cavity containing and enveloping anything.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English wombe inherited from Old English womb inherited from Proto-Germanic *wambō (belly, womb, stomach, abdomen) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *wamp- (membrane, womb, intestines).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*wamp-
Gloss
membrane, womb, intestines
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
腸
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- brother English
- child English
- enwomb English
- enwombed English
- gate English
- inwomb English
- man English
- mate English
- tie English
- wanty English
- womb-brother English
- womb-child English
- wombchild English
- wombgate English
- wombless English
- womblessness English
- womblike English
- wombly English
- wombman English
- wombmate English
- womby English
- Ambrones Latin
- Wamme German
- Wampe German
- wam Dutch, Flemish
- *wamp- Proto-Indo-European
- *wambō Proto-Germanic
- wamb Old English
- womb Old English
- वपा Sanskrit
- waynte Middle English
- wombe Middle English
- wombed Middle English
- womby Middle English
- vǫmb Old Norse
- vom Danish
- bjórvömb Icelandic
- vömb Icelandic
- wamme Middle Dutch
- wamba Old High German
- wambe Middle High German
- 𐍅𐌰𐌼𐌱𐌰 Gothic
- wamba Old Dutch
- *wamba Frankish