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Where does “naiivisti” come from?

naiivisti (Finnish) comes from Finnish naiivi, from French naïve, from Latin nātīvus, from Latin nātus, from Latin gnātus, from Proto-Italic gnātos, from Proto-Indo-European ǵn̥h₁tós, from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- — to produce, to beget, to give birth.

naiivisti (Finnish): naively

Definitions

  1. naively

Ancestry of “naiivisti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnaiivinaive, naïve
2Frenchnaïvefeminine singular of naïf
3Latinnātīvus—
4Latinnātus—
5Latingnātus—
6Proto-Italicgnātos—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵn̥h₁tósbegotten, produced
8Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth
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