English word natural comes from Latin nascor, Proto-Italic *gnātos, and later Latin natus ((of plants) growth, growing. Son. Son, birth, age, years.)
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
---|---|---|
nascor | Latin (lat) | I am a number of years old. I am born, begotten. I arise, proceed. I grow, spring forth. |
*gnātos | Proto-Italic (itc-pro) | |
natus | Latin (lat) | (of plants) growth, growing. Son. Son, birth, age, years. |
naturalis | Latin (lat) | Natural by birth, legitimate. Of or pertaining to nature. Of or pertaining to something's nature or qualities. Real, not fictitious. |
naturel | Old French (842-ca. 1400) (fro) | |
natural | Middle English (1100-1500) (enm) | |
natural | English (eng) | (AAVE) A hairstyle for people with afro-textured hair in which the hair is not straightened or otherwise treated.. (algebra) Closed under submodules, direct sums, and injective hulls.. (archaic) One with a simple mind; a fool or idiot.. (colloquial, chiefly, _, UK) One's natural life.. (music) A note that is not or is no longer to be modified by an accidental, or the symbol ♮ used to [...] |