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
Ancestry of “naturalista”, step by step