natif
French
adj
Definitions
- native (characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin)
- original
- raw; in its original state
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin nātīvus (native, created, natural, innate).
Origin
Latin
nātīvus
Gloss
native, created, natural, innate
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- nief English
- nascor Latin
- nativitas Latin
- nativus Latin
- nātīvus Latin
- nativ German
- nativo Italian
- nativement French
- nativiser French
- naïf French
- naïve French
- nativo Spanish, Castilian
- natío Spanish, Castilian
- *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- nativo Portuguese
- natif Old French
- naïf Old French
- nadiu Catalan, Valencian
- nativ Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan