myEtymology.com: English etymology of native

Etymology of the English word native

the English word native

derived from the Old French word natif

derived from the Classical Latin word nativus (original; innate; natural)

derived from the Latin word natus (birth; age, years; born, arisen; made; son; child; children)

derived from the Latin word nasci (be born, begotten, formed; be produced spontaneously, come into existence, being)

derived from the Latin word nascere

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *genə-