Where does “prenatal” come from?

prenatal (Romanian) comes from French prénatal, from French natal, from Latin nātālis, 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.

prenatal (Romanian): prenatal

Definitions

  1. prenatal

Ancestry of “prenatal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchprénatalprenatal
2Frenchnatalnative
3Latinnātālisnatal (of one's birth)
4Latinnātusborn, arisen, made
5Latingnātus
6Proto-Italicgnātosborn
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵn̥h₁tósbegotten, produced
8Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁-Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵn̥h₁tósEvery word from Proto-Italic gnātos