Where does “naturism” come from?
naturism (English) comes from French naturisme, from French nature, from Middle French nature, from Old French nature, from Latin nātūra, from Latin nātus, from Latin gnātus, from Proto-Italic gnātos — to produce, to beget, to give birth.
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Ancestry of “naturism”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | naturisme | naturism |
| 2 | French | nature | nature; lexical category; plain, unseasoned |
| 3 | Middle French | nature | nature |
| 4 | Old French | nature | nature |
| 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 |