gestation
Etymology

From Latin gestatio.

Pronunciation
  • enPR: jĕstāshən, IPA: /d͡ʒɛsˈteɪʃən/
Noun

gestation

  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.
    • 1900, Sigmund Freud, translated by James Strachey, The Interpretation of Dreams: Avon Books, page 149:
      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.
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