Where does “natuurwetenschap” come from?
natuurwetenschap (Dutch) 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.
natuurwetenschap (Dutch): natural science
Definitions
- natural science
Ancestry of “natuurwetenschap”, step by step
natuurwetenschap traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch natuur
| 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 |
via Dutch wetenschap
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | wetenschap | knowledge; science, scholarly knowledge,... |
| 2 | Dutch | weten | to know; to remember; to be able to, to manage to |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | wēten | to know knowledge |
| 4 | Old Dutch | wītan | to know |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | wītan | to accuse, to blame |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | *witaną | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wóyde | to have seen, to know |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | weyd- | to see |