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- Latin · derived fromsupernātūrālis
- Middle French · derived fromsupernaturel
- Middle English · inherited fromsupernatural
- English todaysupernatural
From Middle English supernatural, supernaturel, from Middle French supernaturel, from Latin supernātūrālis, from super (“above”) + nātūra (“nature; that which we are born with”), from nātus (“born”), perfect passive participle of nāscī (“to be born”) + adjective suffix -ālis. By surface analysis, super- + natural.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.