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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

  1. related to Christmas; Christmas Islander

Ancestry of “navideño”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishNavidad—
2Old Spanishnauidat—
3Latinnativitasbirth, nativity; the birth of Jesus Christ;...
4Latinnātīvus—
5Latinnātus—
6Latingnātus—
7Proto-Italicgnātos—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanǵn̥h₁tósbegotten, produced
9Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth

Words derived from “navideño”

  • prenavideño
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- →