natural
Middle English
/naːˈtiu̯ral/
adj
Definitions
- intrinsic, fundamental, basic; relating to natural law.
- natural preexisting, present or due to nature:
- Nourishing; healthful or beneficial to one's body.
- Misbegotten; conceived outside of marriage
- Correct, right, fitting.
- Diligent in performing one's societal obligations.
- (rare) Endemic, indigenous.
- (rare) Bodily; relating to one's human form.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French natural derived from Latin nātūrālis affix from Middle English nature.
Origin
Middle English
nature
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- all-natural English
- antinatural English
- conatural English
- connatural English
- contranatural English
- counternatural English
- hypernatural English
- infranatural English
- metanatural English
- natural English
- natural fiber English
- naturalism English
- naturalist English
- naturalistic English
- naturally English
- naturalness English
- nature English
- nonnatural English
- paranatural English
- postnatural English
- semi-natural English
- seminatural English
- subnatural English
- supernatural English
- supranatural English
- unnatural English
- naturalis Latin
- naturalitas Latin
- nātūrālis Latin
- supernaturalis Latin
- naturel French
- natural Spanish, Castilian
- *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- nature Middle English
- natureel Middle English
- supernatural Middle English
- natural Old French
- nature Old French
- natural Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- naturel Middle French
- supernaturel Middle French
- natural Old Portuguese
- naturel Ladin