Where does “naturel” come from?
naturel (Breton) comes from French naturel, from Middle French naturel, from Old French natural, from Latin nātūrālis, from Latin nātūra, from Latin nātus, from Latin gnātus, from Proto-Italic gnātos — to produce, to beget, to give birth.
naturel (Breton): naturally
Definitions
- naturally
Ancestry of “naturel”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | naturel | natural |
| 2 | Middle French | naturel | natural |
| 3 | Old French | natural | natural |
| 4 | Latin | nātūrālis | natural by birth, legitimate |
| 5 | Latin | nātūra | the nature, quality, substance or essence of a thing |
| 6 | Latin | nātus | born, arisen, made |
| 7 | Latin | gnātus | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | gnātos | born |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵn̥h₁tós | begotten, produced |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |