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==Origin==

==Origin==

The term ''midwife'' is derived from [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English]: ''midwyf'' literally "with-[[woman]]", i.e. "the woman with (the mother at [[birth]]), the woman assisting" (in Middle English and [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English], mid = "with", wīf = "woman"). In this [[context]], the word [[wife]] means woman rather than [[married]] woman. This usage stems from Old English ''wif'' (woman) and is akin to the German ''weib'', also meaning "woman".  

The term ''midwife'' is derived from [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English]: ''midwyf'' literally "with-[[woman]]", i.e. "the woman with (the mother at [[birth]]), the woman assisting" (in Middle English and [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English], mid = "with", wīf = "woman"). In this [[context]], the word [[wife]] means woman rather than [[married]] woman. This usage stems from Old English ''wif'' (woman) and is akin to the German ''weib'', also meaning "woman".  

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th Century]

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th Century]

==Definitions==

==Definitions==