Where does “nata” come from?
nata (Spanish) comes from French natte, from Middle French nate, from Old French nate, from Vulgar Latin natta, from Latin matta, from Latin mattus, from Latin maditus, from Latin madere — to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,...
nata (Spanish): cream; skin; elite
Definitions
- cream; skin; elite
Ancestry of “nata”, step by step
nata traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French natte
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | natte | plait (of hair), braid US |
| 2 | Middle French | nate | — |
| 3 | Old French | nate | — |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | natta | — |
| 5 | Latin | matta | nominative feminine singular of mattus;... |
| 6 | Latin | mattus | drunk, intoxicated |
| 7 | Latin | maditus | — |
| 8 | Latin | madere | present active infinitive of madeō; to be wet; be... |
| 9 | Latin | madeō | to be wet or moist |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | meh₂d- | to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,... |