Romanian word naiv comes from Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₁tós (Begotten, produced.), Proto-Italic *gnāskōr (Be born.), Latin -ivus (Adjective suffix.), German nativ (Native.)
| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| *ǵn̥h₁tós | Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro) | Begotten, produced. |
| *gnāskōr | Proto-Italic (itc-pro) | Be born. |
| -ivus | Latin (lat) | Adjective suffix. |
| nativ | German (deu) | 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 (fra) | Native (characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin). Original. Raw; in its original state. |
| naïf | French (fra) | Naive, dewy-eyed; gullible. |
| naiv | Romanian (ron) | Naive. |