procreation
The English word “procreation” has 2 meanings listed here.
noun
- The process by which an organism produces others of its biological kind
- The sexual activity of conceiving and bearing biological offspring
Etymology
From Old French procreacion, from Latin prōcreātiō (“generation”), the noun of action from prōcreāre (“to bring forth”), itself from prō- (“forth”) + creāre (“to create”). First attested in c. 1386.
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