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Etymology of the English word natural

the English word natural
derived from the Old French word natural
derived from the Latin word naturalis (natural; natural, normal, typical; physical, natural scientist; physicist)
derived from the Latin word natura (nature; birth; character)
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 *genÉ™-

Derivations in English

naturalism, naturalist, naturalistic, naturalize, supranatural, naturally, ln

Cognates

Spanish natural

Usage

Word found in Modern English



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