Where does “naître” come from?

naître (French) comes from Middle French naistre, from Old French naistre, from Latin nāscor, from Proto-Italic gnāskōr, from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- — to produce, to beget, to give birth.

naître (French): to be born

Definitions

  1. to be born

Ancestry of “naître”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchnaistreto be born
2Old Frenchnaistreto be born
3Latinnāscorto be born, begotten
4Proto-Italicgnāskōrbe born
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth

Words derived from “naître”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- →Every word from Proto-Italic gnāskōr →Every word from Latin nāscor →