childhood
The state of being a child.
Noun 3 meanings
The state of being a child.
The time during which one is a child, from between infancy and puberty.
The early stages of development of something.
Etymology
From Middle English childhode, childhod, from Old English ċildhād (“childhood”). By surface analysis, child + -hood. Compare dialectal Dutch kindheid (“childishness”), German Low German Kinnerheid (“childhood”), and German Kindheit (“childhood”).
CHILDHOOD at a glance
CHILDHOOD has 9 letters and scores 19 points in Scrabble (C 3 + H 4 + I 1 + L 1 + D 2 + H 4 + O 1 + O 1 + D 2) and 19 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,868 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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