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childcare

noun

Etymology

From child + care.

  1. derived from *ǵeh₂r-✻ — “shout, call”
  2. inherited from *karō✻ — “care, sorrow, cry”
  3. inherited from *karu✻
  4. inherited from caru
  5. inherited from care
  6. compounded as childcare — “child + care”

Definitions

  1. The act, practice, or occupation of supervising and taking care of young children.

    • Today most childcare centres are woefully understaffed with poorly paid and underqualified personnel. Child care workers in both the USA and UK are in the lowest tenth of all wage earners.

  2. A place where young children are supervised while away from their parents or guardians.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA