Where does “natuur” come from?
natuur (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch natuur, from Middle Dutch nature, from Old French nature, from Latin nātūra, from Latin nātus, from Latin gnātus, from Proto-Italic gnātos, from Proto-Indo-European ǵn̥h₁tós — to produce, to beget, to give birth.
natuur (Afrikaans): nature
Definitions
- nature
Ancestry of “natuur”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | natuur | nature; character |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | nature | nature, force of nature; laws of nature, natural... |
| 3 | Old French | nature | nature |
| 4 | Latin | nātūra | the nature, quality, substance or essence of a thing |
| 5 | Latin | nātus | born, arisen, made |
| 6 | Latin | gnātus | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | gnātos | born |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵn̥h₁tós | begotten, produced |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |