myEtymology.com: English etymology of nature

Etymology of the English word nature

the English word nature

derived from the Old French word nature

derived from the French word précédent

derived from the Latin word praecedens

derived from the Latin word praecedere (go before, precede; surpass)

derived from the Latin word cedere (go, pass; grant, concede, yield)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ked- (to yield)

using the Latin prefix prae-

derived from the Latin word prae (in front of; before)

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

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 *genə-

derived from the French word IImort

The earliest known usage of nature in English dates from the 13th century.

Dutch natuur, French nature, German Natur, Icelandic náttúra, Italian natura, Latin natura, Polish natura, Spanish natura, Swedish natur

Word found in Modern English