Neonate
/ˈniː.oʊneɪt/noun
A newborn child, especially one in the first 28 days after birth.
Did you know?Neonate comes from Latin neonatus, meaning “newborn,” built from neo- (“new”) + natus (“born”), so its power is in pure beginnings, not anything occult or dark.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
newos
“new”
Latin
Latin
novus
“new”
Latin
Latin
natus
“born”
Late Latin
Latin
neonatus
“newborn”
Modern English
English
neonate
“a newborn child, especially in the first days or weeks after birth”