English
enascent
Enascent comes from Latin nāscor ‘be born’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to give birth’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵenh₁-‘to give birth’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*gnāskōr‘to be born’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnāscor‘be born’
- Englishearliest quotation 1791enascent
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵenh₁-‘to give birth’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*gnāskōr‘to be born’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnāscor‘be born’
- Englishearliest quotation 1791enascent
Earliest quotation: 1791, Erasmus Darwin, The Economy of Vegetation: “With sweet vicissitudes of day and clime / Mark'd…”
Formed from e- ‘out’
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to give birth’
kind, general, king, german, nation, generation, engine, gender, genuine, genetic, genius, gene, oxygen, indigenous, genre, ken, hydrogen, gentle, genocide, kin, noel, naive, genus, genital, germ, ingenious, nativity, nada, naïve, puny, janata, gentile, gens, glycogen, gingerly, genial, cognate, genitive, jaunty, azadi, 108 more
through Latin nāscor ‘be born’
nature, native, pregnant, innate, nee, natal, renate, 10 more
Today it means
adj Just coming into being; nascent.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- / enascent