Pronounced: pyoos, noun/adj
Notes: I know that I’ve heard this word, but I could not properly define it
Yesterday’s word
The word philoprogenitive means
- tending to produce offspring; prolific
- of, relating to, or characterized by love of offspring
First usage
Our word came into English in the mid-1800s
Background / Comments
Our word comes from two different languages – the prefix philo- came from the Greek word phílos (loving; dear) and the the second part from the Latin word progenitus (begot; begotten). People who read bumps on the head (it was considered to be an actual science in the 1800s) identified a philoprogenitive bump that was thought to be the seat of a parent’s instinctual love for his or her children.
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