gestation
A Word with Latin Root, Prefix or Suffix
A Word with Latin Root, Prefix or Suffix
gestation
the act or period of carrying young in the uterus from conception to birth; pregnancy
怀孕, 孕育时期
Dissection of gestation
gestation = gest (bear, carry, to give birth) + -ation (action, process);
gestation = the process of carrying young in body until birth
Now Repeat my Dissection
gestation = the process of carrying young in body until birth
Important roots for this word:
gest
Note: You may sometimes find that a vowel such as o is often inserted between two roots, as o inserted between phon and graph in phonograph = phon + o + graph, the reason is for easy pronounciation. Another example is archaeology = archae + o + logy
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