midwifes

We have found lemma(root) word of midwifes : midwife.

Definitions


[ˈmɪdwʌɪf], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a person, typically a woman, who is trained to assist women in childbirth


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Origin:
Middle English: probably from the obsolete preposition mid ‘with’ + wife (in the archaic sense ‘woman’), expressing the sense ‘a woman who is with (the mother’)


[ˈmɪdwʌɪf], (Verb)

Definitions:
- assist (a woman) during childbirth
(e.g: these women midwifed her)


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Origin:
Middle English: probably from the obsolete preposition mid ‘with’ + wife (in the archaic sense ‘woman’), expressing the sense ‘a woman who is with (the mother’)




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