foetus
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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foetus XIV. — L.
fētus giving birth, young offspring, abstr. sb. parallel to adj.
fētus pregnant, productive, prob. rel. to
fēcundus FECUND,
fēmina woman (see
FEMININE).
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