How to spell birth

hear itbirth/bɜrθ/nounLong vowels

What it means: The time or event of being born.

In a sentence: The baby panda's birth was a special day at the zoo.

The part people get wrong

Often misspelled as berth or bith.

Same family: birthday, birthplace, give birth, newborn, born. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Birth comes from Old Norse and Old English words related to ‘bearing’ or ‘carrying’ a child. It is closely related to the verb ‘to bear,’ which originally meant ‘to bring forth’ or ‘to give birth.’

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