Where does “ferae naturae” come from?

ferae naturae (English) comes from Latin nātūra, 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.

ferae naturae (English): not domesticated, wild; applied to undomesticated...

Definitions

  1. not domesticated, wild; applied to undomesticated...

Ancestry of “ferae naturae”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinnātūrathe nature, quality, substance or essence of a thing
2Latinnātusborn, arisen, made
3Latingnātus—
4Proto-Italicgnātosborn
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵn̥h₁tósbegotten, produced
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵn̥h₁tós →Every word from Proto-Italic gnātos →