ENGLISH ROOT WORD: child from Old English cild

【child】 is word -forming element
usually meaning "child"
from Old English "cild"

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[WORD ROOT]root child
[VARIATIONS OF ROOT] child
[ETYMOLOGY]root (Old English) cild
[MEANING]root child

 

 

【DETAILs OF ORIGIN(ENTYMOLOGY】

• 【Old English】 cild fetus, infant, unborn or newly born person

[LIST OF ENGLISH WORD]

child, childhood, childish, childless, childlike

Please see Word information in detail as follows;

child [noun] from child
【DEFINITION】 A child is a human being who is not yet an adult.
【PRIMARY MEANING】 fetus, infant, unborn or newly born person
【pl.】 children
【DERIVATIVEs】 child, childish, childishly, childishness, childless, childlessness, childly
【ROOTs】 child; child

childhood [noun] from child
【DEFINITION】 A person's childhood is the period of their life when they are a child.
【pl.】 childhoods
【ROOTs】 ⑴ child; child ⑵ hood; suffix

childish [adjective] from child
【DEFINITION】 Childish means relating to or typical of a child.
【DERIVATIVEs】 child, childish, childishly, childishness, childless, childlessness, childly
【SYNONYM】 immature, immature
【ANTONYM】 mature
【ROOTs】 ⑴ child; child ⑵ ish; suffix

childless [adjective] from child
【DEFINITION】 having no children
【DERIVATIVEs】 child, childish, childless, childlessness, childly
【ROOTs】 ⑴ child; child ⑵ less; without

childlike [adjective] from child
【DEFINITION】 You describe someone as childlike when they seem like a child in their character, appearance, or behaviour.
【ROOTs】 ⑴ child; child ⑵ like; like, similar; alike

 

Other word list containing child; childlessness, childly, childishness, childishly

【OTHER ROOTs; 】

chem-, chemo-, chemi-, chemico-
change
cer-, cern-, cert-
center-, centri-, centr-
cent-, centi-
celer-
cel-
cede-, cess-
caus, cuse
cast-

ENGLISH ROOT WORD: chem-, chemo-, chemi-, chemico- from Greek khemeia

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