Where does “Supernatural” come from?
Supernatural (English) comes from Middle English supernatural, from Middle French supernaturel, from Latin supernātūrālis, from Latin nātūrālis, from Latin nātūra, from Latin nātus, from Latin gnātus, from Proto-Italic gnātos — to produce, to beget, to give birth.
Supernatural (English): Above nature; beyond or added to nature, often so considered because it is given by a deity or some force beyond that with which humans are born
Definitions
- Above nature; beyond or added to nature, often so considered because it is given by a deity or some force beyond that with which humans are born
Ancestry of “Supernatural”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | supernatural | Deity-related; from God |
| 2 | Middle French | supernaturel | — |
| 3 | Latin | supernātūrālis | supernatural |
| 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 |