au naturel

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*ǵenh₁-“to beget; to give birth; to produce”
2. Latin · derived fromnātūrālis“of or relating to nature”
3. French · borrowed fromau naturel“in the natural state; cooked plainly”
4. English todayau naturel

Unadapted borrowing from French au naturel (“in the natural state; cooked plainly”), from au (“at the; in the; to the”) + naturel (“natural”) (ultimately borrowed from Latin nātūrālis (“of or relating to nature”), from nātūra (“natural world, nature”) + -ālis (suffix forming adjectives of relationship)). Nātūra is derived from nāscor (“to be born; to grow, spring forth”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to beget; to give birth; to produce”)) + -tūra (suffix forming action nouns denoting activities or their results).

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