Where does “naïvement” come from?

naïvement (French) comes 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.

naïvement (French): naively

Definitions

  1. naively

Ancestry of “naïvement”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchnaïvefeminine singular of naïf
2Latinnātīvuscreated, made
3Latinnātusborn, arisen, made
4Latingnātus—
5Proto-Italicgnātosborn
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵn̥h₁tósbegotten, produced
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth
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