naiv
Danish
/naiːv/
adj
Definitions
- naive
Etymology
Derived from French naïf derived from Latin nātīvus (native, created, natural, innate).
Origin
Latin
nātīvus
Gloss
native, created, natural, innate
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- naïf English
- nativitas Latin
- nativus Latin
- nātīvus Latin
- naiv German
- nativo Italian
- naïf Italian
- natif French
- naïf French
- naïveté French
- naif Spanish, Castilian
- nativo Spanish, Castilian
- *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- naiv Norwegian Bokmål
- nativo Portuguese
- naiv Norwegian Nynorsk
- natif Old French
- naïf Old French
- naiv Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- ναΐφ Greek (modern)
- naif Turkish