Where does “naivety” come from?
Naivety comes from French naïveté, from French naïf, from Latin nativus meaning native or natural, derived from nascor meaning to be born.
naivety (English): Alternative spelling of naïveté
Definitions
- Alternative spelling of naïveté
Ancestry of “naivety”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | naïve | Alternative spelling of naive |
| 2 | French | naïve | feminine singular of naïf |
| 3 | Latin | nātīvus | created, made |
| 4 | Latin | nātus | born, arisen, made |
| 5 | Latin | gnātus | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | gnātos | born |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵn̥h₁tós | begotten, produced |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |