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Where does “natural” come from?

natural (Old French) comes 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 (Old French): natural

Definitions

  1. natural

Ancestry of “natural”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinnātūrālis—
2Latinnātūra—
3Latinnātus—
4Latingnātus—
5Proto-Italicgnātos—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵn̥h₁tósbegotten, produced
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth

Words derived from “natural”

  • natural
  • naturalist
  • naturalistic
  • naturalism
  • naturalistically
  • nonnatural
  • connatural
  • seminatural
  • supranatural
  • connaturality
  • nonnaturalistic
  • antinatural
  • supranaturalistic
  • antinaturalistic
  • antinaturalist
  • unnaturalistic
  • nonnaturalist
  • nonnaturalism
  • antinaturalism
  • postnatural
  • subnatural
  • connaturally
  • contranatural
  • hypernatural
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