Where does “neonate” come from?

neonate (Italian) comes from Italian neonato, from Italian nato, 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.

neonate (Italian): feminine plural of neonato

Definitions

  1. feminine plural of neonato

Ancestry of “neonate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianneonatonewborn; newborn, baby, infant
2Italiannatopast participle of nascere; born; born; né
3Latinnātusborn, arisen, made
4Latingnātus
5Proto-Italicgnātosborn
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵn̥h₁tósbegotten, produced
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁-Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵn̥h₁tósEvery word from Proto-Italic gnātos