Where does “navideño” come from?
navideño (Spanish) comes from Spanish Navidad, from Old Spanish nauidat, from Latin nativitas, from Latin nātīvus, from Latin nātus, from Latin gnātus, from Proto-Italic gnātos, from Proto-Indo-European ǵn̥h₁tós — to produce, to beget, to give birth.
navideño (Spanish): related to Christmas; Christmas Islander
Definitions
- related to Christmas; Christmas Islander
Ancestry of “navideño”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | Navidad | Nativity; the birth of Jesus Christ |
| 2 | Old Spanish | nauidat | birth, nativity |
| 3 | Latin | nativitas | birth, nativity; the birth of Jesus Christ;... |
| 4 | Latin | nātīvus | created, made |
| 5 | Latin | nātus | born, arisen, made |
| 6 | Latin | gnātus | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | gnātos | born |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵn̥h₁tós | begotten, produced |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |