natively
/ˈneɪtɪvli/NAY-tiv-lee
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked/ˈneɪtɪvli/NAY-tiv-lee
Meaningin a native way
Common meaning: by birth or nature
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- natto be bornLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1187 (approximate) · scan
- iveadjective ending: tending to
- lyadverb ending: in a way
Journey through time
- Latinnāscor, nātus‘to be born’
- Frenchnatif
- Englishnative‘belonging to a place by birth’
- Englishformed in English from nativenatively‘by birth or nature’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from native + -ly.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), NATIVE, p.388 · scan
Roots
- nāscor, nātus Latin “to be born”
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