/ˈtʃaɪldhʊd/
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Meaning
The time of your life when you are a child.
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Word origin
From Old English cildhad, made of cild, a child, and the ending -had, which became -hood.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- cildhad
- English cognates
- child
Examples
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Your childhood is the years when you are a child.
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"Since childhood" means from the time they were children.
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Here "childhood" describes the home someone had as a child.
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