Etymograph

English

naturality

Naturality comes from Latin nātūrālitās ‘naturalness’, from nāscor ‘be born’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to produce’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵenh₁-‘to produce’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵn̥h₁-sḱé-tireconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*gnāskōr‘to be born’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnāscor‘be born’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEnātūra‘nature’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEnātūrālis‘natural by birth, legitimate’
  7. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEnātūrālitās‘naturalness’
  8. Old Frenchc. 842–1400naturalité
  9. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500naturalitee
  10. Englishearliest quotation 2007naturality

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵenh₁-‘to produce’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵn̥h₁-sḱé-tireconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*gnāskōr‘to be born’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnāscor‘be born’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEnātūra‘nature’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEnātūrālis‘natural by birth, legitimate’
  7. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEnātūrālitās‘naturalness’
  8. Old Frenchc. 842–1400naturalité
  9. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500naturalitee
  10. Englishearliest quotation 2007naturality

Earliest quotation: 2007, Jussi Parikka: “Such a view that focuses on creational processes instead…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to produce’

kind, king, general, german, engine, gender, generation, nation, genuine, gene, genius, oxygen, ken, genre, gentle, indigenous, hydrogen, genocide, genus, kin, noel, naive, ingenious, germ, genital, gentile, nada, naïve, gens, puny, glycogen, genteel, janata, gingerly, nativity, genial, genitive, jaunty, cognate, azadi, 108 more

through Latin nāscor ‘be born’

pregnant, native, nee, innate, nascent, natal, renate, 10 more

Today it means

noun The condition of being natural; nature, naturalness

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- / naturality

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