English
nascency
Nascency comes from Latin nāscēns ‘being born, begotten’, 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‘to be born’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEnāscēns‘being born, begotten’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEnāscentia
- Englishearliest quotation 1889nascency
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‘to be born’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEnāscēns‘being born, begotten’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEnāscentia
- Englishearliest quotation 1889nascency
Earliest quotation: 1889, William James, The Psychological Theory of Extension: “[W]e are, therefore, sure in advance, of being right,…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to give birth’
kind, general, king, german, nation, generation, engine, gender, genuine, genetic, genius, gene, oxygen, indigenous, gentle, genre, ken, hydrogen, genocide, kin, noel, naive, genus, genital, germ, ingenious, nativity, nada, naïve, gentile, puny, janata, gens, glycogen, gingerly, genial, jaunty, genteel, cognate, genitive, 108 more
through Latin nāscor ‘to be born’
nature, native, pregnant, innate, nee, natal, renate, 10 more
Today it means
noun A state of incipiency; a quality of nascence.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- / nascency