Where does “nati” come from?
nati (Haitian Creole) comes from French nature, from Middle French nature, from Old French nature, from Latin nātūra, from Latin nātus, from Latin gnātus, from Proto-Italic gnātos, from Proto-Indo-European ǵn̥h₁tós — to produce, to beget, to give birth.
nati (Haitian Creole): nature
Definitions
- nature
Ancestry of “nati”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | nature | nature; lexical category; plain, unseasoned |
| 2 | Middle French | nature | nature |
| 3 | Old French | nature | nature |
| 4 | Latin | nātūra | the nature, quality, substance or essence of a thing |
| 5 | Latin | nātus | born, arisen, made |
| 6 | Latin | gnātus | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | gnātos | born |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵn̥h₁tós | begotten, produced |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |