developmental

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English development

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālisbor.

Old French -albor.

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Latin -ālis

Old French -elbor.

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Latin -ālisbor.

Middle English -al

English -al

English developmental

From development + -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪˌvɛləpˈmɛntəl/

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• Rhymes: -ɛntəl

Adjective

developmental (not comparable)

1. Related to development.

   Developmental psychology studies how the mind forms as children and adolescents grow.

Derived terms

• codevelopmental
• cyclodevelopmental
• developmental biologist
• developmental biology
• developmental disability
• developmental disorder
• developmentalism
• developmentalist
• developmental language disorder
• developmentally
• developmental position
• developmental psycholinguistics
• developmental psychologist
• developmental psychology
• ecodevelopmental
• evolutionary developmental biology
• intellectual developmental disorder
• neurodevelopmental
• nondevelopmental
• oncodevelopmental
• pervasive developmental disorder
• pharmacodevelopmental
• postdevelopmental

Translations

related to development

• French: développemental (fr)
• Hungarian: fejlődési (hu), fejlesztési (hu)
• Polish: rozwojowy (pl)
• Spanish: desarrollista (es), desarrollal
• Ukrainian: розвива́льний (rozvyválʹnyj)

Noun

developmental (plural developmentals)

1. A trainee flight controller.
   • 2007 May 12, Matthew L. Wald, “As Kennedy Traffic Rises, So Do Worries About Delays and Heavier Runway Use”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Mr. Paguaga said: “We do have a pipeline of people that are developmentals coming into the building.