Where does “preternaturalis” come from?

preternaturalis (Latin) comes 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.

Ancestry of “preternaturalis”, step by step

preternaturalis traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin nātūra

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinnātūrathe nature, quality, substance or essence of a thing
2Latinnātusborn, arisen, made
3Latingnātus—
4Proto-Italicgnātosborn
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵn̥h₁tósbegotten, produced
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth

via Latin praeter

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpraeterpast, by; besides, except; beyond
2Proto-Italicpraiterosin front
3Proto-Indo-European-terosContrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix

Words derived from “preternaturalis”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- →