Where does “Natal” come from?
Natal (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese nadal, from Latin natalis, from Latin natus, from Latin nasci, from Latin nascor, from Latin gnascor, from Proto-Italic gnāskōr, from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- — to produce, to beget, to give birth.
Natal (Portuguese): Christmas, after its day of discovery
Definitions
- Christmas, after its day of discovery
Ancestry of “Natal”, step by step
Natal traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Old Portuguese nadal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Portuguese | nadal | — |
| 2 | Latin | natalis | natal; birthday; anniversary |
| 3 | Latin | natus | born, arisen, made; son, birth, age, years;... |
| 4 | Latin | nasci | present active infinitive of nāscor; to be born,... |
| 5 | Latin | nascor | I am born, begotten; I arise, proceed; I grow,... |
| 6 | Latin | gnascor | Alternative form of nāscor; be born |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | gnāskōr | be born |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |
via Old Portuguese natal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Portuguese | natal | — |
| 2 | Latin | nātālis | natal (of one's birth) |
| 3 | Latin | nātus | born, arisen, made |
| 4 | Latin | gnātus | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | gnātos | born |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵn̥h₁tós | begotten, produced |
via Old Portuguese pt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Portuguese | pt | — |