nature
Middle English
/naːˈtiu̯r/
noun
Definitions
- The Universe, existence, creation
- nature, the natural world
- natural abilities
- natural inevitability, nature as opposed to nurture
- natural morals, natural law
- natural needs or requirements
- nature, state, condition
- species, kind, type
- Nature allegory
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French nature derived from Latin nātūra (nature, birth, origin, natural constitution quality).
Origin
Latin
nātūra
Gloss
nature, birth, origin, natural constitution quality
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
生
Emoji
🤰
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antinature English
- naturable English
- natural English
- nature English
- natured English
- naturehood English
- natureless English
- naturescape English
- naturian English
- naturism English
- naturist English
- naturistic English
- naturity English
- naturize English
- naturogenic English
- naturopathic English
- naturopathy English
- nonnature English
- preternature English
- renature English
- transnature English
- unnature English
- naturalis Latin
- nātūra Latin
- praeternaturalis Latin
- natura Italian
- nature French
- натура Russian
- *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- natura Polish
- natural Middle English
- supernatural Middle English
- nádúr Irish
- náttúra Old Norse
- natur Danish
- natural Old French
- nature Old French
- náttúra Icelandic
- nature Middle Dutch
- natyrë Albanian
- nature Middle French
- natura Maltese
- natura Old Occitan
- natura Old Spanish
- nature Novial