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