childhode
Middle English
/ˈtʃiːldhɔːd/
noun
Definitions
- The time during which one is a child; childhood.
- Childishness; behaviour displaying juvenility.
- An action or belief displaying stupidity or childishness.
- (rare) The state of being someone's offspring.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English ċildhād (childhood) affix from Middle English child.
Origin
Middle English
child
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- child English
- childhood English
- childhoodless English
- childhoodlike English
- midchildhood English
- ċild Old English
- ċildhād Old English
- child Middle English
- child bed Middle English
- childberyng Middle English
- childen Middle English
- childing Middle English
- childissh Middle English
- childles Middle English
- childly Middle English
- childwyte Middle English
- knave child Middle English