Where does “Native” come from?
Native (English) comes from Middle English natif, from Old French natif, from Latin nātīvus, from Latin nātus, from Latin gnātus, from Proto-Italic gnātos, from Proto-Indo-European ǵn̥h₁tós, from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- — to produce, to beget, to give birth.
Native (English): aboriginal inhabitant of a region colonized by...
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- aboriginal inhabitant of a region colonized by...
Ancestry of “Native”, step by step