Where does “nonnaturality” come from?
nonnaturality (English) comes from English naturality, from Middle English naturalitee, from Old French naturalité, from Latin nātūrālitās, from Latin nātūrālis, from Latin nātūra, from Latin nātus, from Latin gnātus — to produce, to beget, to give birth.
nonnaturality (English): The property of not being natural
Definitions
- The property of not being natural
Ancestry of “nonnaturality”, step by step
nonnaturality traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English naturality
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | naturality | The condition of being natural; nature,... |
| 2 | Middle English | naturalitee | — |
| 3 | Old French | naturalité | — |
| 4 | Latin | nātūrālitās | naturalness |
| 5 | Latin | nātūrālis | natural by birth, legitimate |
| 6 | Latin | nātūra | the nature, quality, substance or essence of a thing |
| 7 | Latin | nātus | born, arisen, made |
| 8 | Latin | gnātus | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | gnātos | born |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵn̥h₁tós | begotten, produced |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |