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Where does “surnaturel” come from?

surnaturel (French) comes from French naturel, from Middle French naturel, from Old French natural, from Latin nātūrālis, from Latin nātūra, from Latin nātus, from Latin gnātus, from Proto-Italic gnātos — to produce, to beget, to give birth.

surnaturel (French): supernatural

Definitions

  1. supernatural

Ancestry of “surnaturel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchnaturelnatural
2Middle Frenchnaturelnatural
3Old Frenchnaturalnatural
4Latinnātūrālis—
5Latinnātūra—
6Latinnātus—
7Latingnātus—
8Proto-Italicgnātos—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanǵn̥h₁tósbegotten, produced
10Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth

Words derived from “surnaturel”

  • surnaturellement
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- →