Where does “kontraŭnatura” come from?
kontraŭnatura (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto natura, from Esperanto naturo, from French nature, from Middle French nature, from Old French nature, from Latin nātūra, from Latin nātus, from Latin gnātus — to produce, to beget, to give birth.
kontraŭnatura (Esperanto): unnatural
Ancestry of “kontraŭnatura”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | natura | natural |
| 2 | Esperanto | naturo | nature |
| 3 | French | nature | nature; lexical category; plain, unseasoned |
| 4 | Middle French | nature | nature |
| 5 | Old French | nature | nature |
| 6 | Latin | nātūra | — |
| 7 | Latin | nātus | — |
| 8 | Latin | gnātus | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | gnātos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵn̥h₁tós | begotten, produced |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |