English Explanatory Dictionary

childhood

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The state of being a child.
  2. The time during which one is a child, from between infancy and puberty.
  3. The early stages of development of something.

Pronunciation

/ˈtʃaɪld.hʊd/ en-us-childhood.ogg

Word forms

childhood childhoods

Etymology

From Middle English childhode, childhod, from Old English ċildhād (“childhood”). By surface analysis, child + -hood. Compare dialectal Dutch kindheid (“childishness”), German Low German Kinnerheid (“childhood”), and German Kindheit (“childhood”).

Derived words

childhood autism childhood disintegrative disorder childhood friend childhoodless childhoodlike childhood memory early childhood early childhood education midchildhood middle childhood prechildhood second childhood surgically induced childhood
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