naître

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French word naître comes from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₃-, Proto-Indo-European *genh₁-, and later Proto-Italic *gnāskōr (Be born.)

*ǵenh₃- (Proto-Indo-European)

*genh₁- (Proto-Indo-European)

*gnāskōr (Proto-Italic)

Be born.

gnascor (Latin)

*nascere (Vulgar Latin)

naistre (Old French)

To be born.

naître (French)

(intransitive) to be born.

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