Where does “natură” come from?
natură (Romanian) comes from French nature, from Middle French nature, from Old French nature, from Latin nātūra, from Latin nātus, from Latin gnātus, from Proto-Italic gnātos, from Proto-Indo-European ǵn̥h₁tós — to produce, to beget, to give birth.
natură (Romanian): nature
Ancestry of “natură”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | nature | nature; lexical category; plain, unseasoned |
| 2 | Middle French | nature | nature |
| 3 | Old French | nature | nature |
| 4 | Latin | nātūra | — |
| 5 | Latin | nātus | — |
| 6 | Latin | gnātus | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | gnātos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵn̥h₁tós | begotten, produced |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |