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 womb
2 : 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 birth
4 a archaic : one that is born b : beginning, start <the birth of an idea>