Main Entry:

¹birth

Pronunciation:

\ˈbərth\

Function:

noun

Usage:

often attributive

Etymology:

Middle English, from Old Norse byrth; akin to Old English beran

Date:

13th century

1 a: the emergence of a new individual from the body of its parent b: the act or process of bringing forth young from the womb2: a state resulting from being born especially at a particular time or place <a Southerner by birth>3 a: lineage, extraction <marriage between equals in birth> b: high or noble birth4 aarchaic : one that is born b: beginning, start <the birth of an idea>