infancy
noun
[ ˈɪnf(ə)nsi ]
• the state or period of babyhood or early childhood.
• "a son who died in infancy"
Similar:
babyhood,
early childhood,
one's early years,
one's early days,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin infantia ‘childhood, inability to speak’, from infans, infant- (see infant).
