Synonyms & related words for developmental

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Words related to developmental

Explore words related to developmental — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include developmentally, nondevelopment, development, maturational, psychobiological, neurological, underdevelopment, ontogeny. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does developmental come from?

The word developmental breaks down into 4 roots of French and Latin origin: de-, from French des (“un-, reversal”); velop, from French voloper (“to wrap, envelop”); -ment, from Latin -mentum (“result, act”); and -al, from Latin -alis (“pertaining to”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.