Etymology

natured

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Today it means: Having or possessing the specified disposition or temperament. Full definition →

English nature ← Middle English nature ← Old French nature
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ǵenh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ǵn̥h₁-sḱé-ti
  3. Proto-Italic*gnāskōr
  4. Latinnāscor
  5. Latinnātūra
  6. Old Frenchnature
  7. Middle Englishnature
  8. Englishnature
  9. English todaynatured

From nature + -ed.

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