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Where does “naturalista” come from?

naturalista (Italian) comes from Italian naturale, from Latin nātūrālis, from Latin nātūra, 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.

naturalista (Italian): naturalist

Definitions

  1. naturalist

Ancestry of “naturalista”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiannaturalenatural; still
2Latinnātūrālis—
3Latinnātūra—
4Latinnātus—
5Latingnātus—
6Proto-Italicgnātos—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵn̥h₁tósbegotten, produced
8Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth
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