Where does “natting” come from?

natting (English) comes from English NAT, from English natural, from Middle English natural, from Old French natural, from Latin nātūrālis, from Latin nātūra, from Latin nātus, from Latin gnātus — to produce, to beget, to give birth.

natting (English): The activity of using NAT

Definitions

  1. The activity of using NAT

Ancestry of “natting”, step by step

natting traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English NAT

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishNATNegative automatic thoughts
2EnglishnaturalThat exists and evolved within the confines of an...
3Middle Englishnaturalintrinsic, fundamental, basic; relating to...
4Old Frenchnaturalnatural
5Latinnātūrālisnatural by birth, legitimate
6Latinnātūrathe nature, quality, substance or essence of a thing
7Latinnātusborn, arisen, made
8Latingnātus
9Proto-Italicgnātosborn
10Proto-Indo-Europeanǵn̥h₁tósbegotten, produced
11Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth

via English ing

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishingA meadow, especially a low meadow near a river;...
2Middle Englishing
3Old Englishingmeadow, water meadow, ing
4Old Norseengmeadow
5Proto-GermanicangijōA low lying meadow in a valley or near a river
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂énkoscurve, bend
7Proto-Indo-European-osCreates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁-