Where does “anti-natalism” come from?
anti-natalism (English) comes from English natalism, from English Natal, from Portuguese natal, from Old Portuguese natal, from Latin nātālis, from Latin nātus, from Latin gnātus, from Proto-Italic gnātos — to produce, to beget, to give birth.
Ancestry of “anti-natalism”, step by step
anti-natalism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English natalism
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | natalism | Pronatalism; an ideology in favour of... |
| 2 | English | Natal | Natal, region in South Africa |
| 3 | Portuguese | natal | natal; native |
| 4 | Old Portuguese | natal | — |
| 5 | Latin | nātālis | natal (of one's birth) |
| 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 |