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Vinony

gestation

noun

  1. Period of development during the carrying of an embryo or fetus inside viviparous animals
  2. act or process of carrying offspring, enabling or allowing to develop, literally or figuratively
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɛsˈteɪʃən/

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Latin gestāre Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin gestātiōlbor. English gestation Learned borrowing from Latin gestātiō.

  1. The period of time during which an animal or human offspring physically develops inside the mother's body until it is born.
  2. The process of development of a plan or idea.

    “It was to a conversation with another friend who had for many years been familiar with all my writings during the period of their gestation, just as I had been with his.”