nativity
/nəˈtɪvəti/nuh-TIH-vuh-tee
/nəˈtɪvəti/nuh-TIH-vuh-tee
Meaningbeing born
Common meaning: birth, especially the birth of Christ
- natto be bornLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1187 (approximate) · scan
- ivadjective ending: tending to
- itynoun ending: being so, the quality of
Journey through time
- Latinnāscor, nātus‘to be born’
- Frenchnatif
- Englishnative‘belonging to a place by birth’
- Englishformed in English from nativenativity‘birth, especially the birth of Christ’ · 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 + -ity.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), NATIVE, p.388 · scan
Roots
- nāscor, nātus Latin “to be born”
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