Added 9 October 2026
procreation
noun
Latin root: prōcreātiō Wiktionary
noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. More about procreation at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
- The sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring.
Origin
From Old French procreacion, from Latin prōcreātiō (“generation”), the noun of action from prōcreāre (“to bring forth”), itself from prō- (“forth”) + creāre (“to create”). First attested in c. 1386.
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