Etymology of the Latin word nativitas
the Latin word
nativitas (birth; nativity)
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
nascerederived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*genə-Derivations in Latin
nativitéDerivations in other languages
French
nativity, French
nativite, Italian
natività, Portuguese
natividade, Spanish
natividad, Spanish
navidadUsage
Word found in Church Latin, Late Latin, Vulgar Latin
