childhood
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Etymology [edit]
From Middle English childhod, from Old English ċildhād (“childhood”), from ċild (“child”) + -hād (“-hood”), equivalent to child + -hood.
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Noun [edit]
childhood (plural childhoods)
- (uncountable) The state of being a child.
- The time during which one is a child, from between infancy and puberty.
- (by extension) The early stages of development of something.
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Translations [edit]
the state of being a child
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time when one is a child
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(by extension) the early stages of development of something
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