Renaissance etymology

English

English word renaissance comes from Latin nascor, French naissance ((figuratively) birth; invention; creation. Birth.), Latin re-, Latin renascor (I am born again. I am revived, renewed.)

Etymology of renaissance

Detailed word origin of renaissance

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.
naissance French (fr) (figuratively) birth; invention; creation. Birth.
re- Latin (lat) Again; prefix added to various words to indicate an action being done again, or like the other usages indicated above under English.. Back, backwards.
renascor Latin (lat) I am born again. I am revived, renewed.
renaistre Old French (842-ca. 1400) (fro) To be reborn.
renasci Latin (lat)
renaître French (fr) (figurative) to rekindle. (intransitive) to be reborn, to be born again. (intransitive) to reappear, to resurface.
renaissance French (fr) Rebirth, renaissance.
renaissance English (en) (historic) Alternative form of Renaissance. A rebirth or revival.