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Where does “narratif” come from?

narratif (Middle French) comes from Latin nārrātīvus, from Latin narro, from Latin nārō, from Proto-Italic gnārāō, from Proto-Indo-European ǵn̥h₃ro-, from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- — to know.

Ancestry of “narratif”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinnārrātīvus—
2LatinnarroI narrate, recount; I report; I tell, speak
3Latinnārō—
4Proto-ItalicgnārāōI make known, I tell; to make known, tell
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵn̥h₃ro-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵneh₃-to know

Words derived from “narratif”

  • narrative
  • metanarrative
  • narrativity
  • narratively
  • counternarrative
  • narrativization
  • nonnarrative
  • narrativize
  • antinarrative
  • subnarrative
  • micronarrative
  • narrativise
  • pseudonarrative
  • multinarrative
  • narreme
  • narrativeless
  • denarrativize
  • seminarrative
  • denarrativization
  • semionarrative
  • narremic
  • self-narrative
  • cybernarrative
  • нарратив
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