Native etymology

English

English word native comes from Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₁tós (Begotten, produced.), Proto-Italic *gnāskōr (Be born.), Latin -ivus (Adjective suffix.), German nativ (Native.)

Etymology of native

Detailed word origin of native

Dictionary entry Language Definition
*ǵn̥h₁tós Proto-Indo-European (ine) Begotten, produced.
*gnāskōr Proto-Italic (itc-pro) Be born.
-ivus Latin (lat) Adjective suffix.
nativ German (de) Native.
*gnātos Proto-Italic (itc-pro)
gnascor Latin (lat)
natus Latin (lat) Son (of plants) growth, growing. Son, birth, age, years.
nativus Latin (lat) (grammar, of words) original, primitive, primary. Created, made. Inborn, innate, imparted by birth. Natural, native, made by nature and not artificial.
natif French (fr) Native (characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin). Original. Raw; in its original state.
natif Old French (842-ca. 1400) (fro)
native English (en) (in particular) A person of aboriginal stock, as distinguished from a person who was or whose ancestors were foreigners or settlers/colonizers. (aboriginal inhabitant of the Americas or Australia).. A native speaker.. A person who is native to a place; a person who was born in a place. (biology, of a species) Which occurs of its own accord in a given locality, to be contrasted with a species [...]

Words with the same origin as native

Descendants of *ǵn̥h₁tós

international naive nation nationality supernatural

Descendants of *gnāskōr

renaissance