Where does “bovennatuurlijk” come from?
bovennatuurlijk (Dutch) comes from French surnaturel, from French naturel, from Middle French naturel, from Old French natural, from Latin nātūrālis, from Latin nātūra, from Latin nātus, from Latin gnātus — to produce, to beget, to give birth.
bovennatuurlijk (Dutch): supernatural; metaphysical
Definitions
- supernatural; metaphysical
Ancestry of “bovennatuurlijk”, step by step
bovennatuurlijk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French surnaturel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | surnaturel | supernatural |
| 2 | French | naturel | natural |
| 3 | Middle French | naturel | natural |
| 4 | Old French | natural | natural |
| 5 | Latin | nātūrālis | natural by birth, legitimate |
| 6 | Latin | nātūra | the nature, quality, substance or essence of a thing |
| 7 | Latin | nātus | born, arisen, made |
| 8 | Latin | gnātus | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | gnātos | born |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵn̥h₁tós | begotten, produced |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |
via Latin supernātūrālis
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | supernātūrālis | supernatural |