naïf
French
adj
Definitions
- naive, dewy-eyed; gullible
Etymology
Inherited from Old French naïf inherited 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
- naïveté English
- nief English
- nascor Latin
- nativitas Latin
- nativus Latin
- nātīvus Latin
- Naivität German
- Naivling German
- naiv German
- naiverweise German
- nativ German
- naiv Hungarian
- nativo Italian
- naïf Italian
- natif French
- naïve French
- naïveté French
- naif Spanish, Castilian
- nativo Spanish, Castilian
- natío Spanish, Castilian
- *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- naiv Norwegian Bokmål
- naivisme Norwegian Bokmål
- nativo Portuguese
- naiv Norwegian Nynorsk
- naivisme Norwegian Nynorsk
- naiv Danish
- naivní Czech
- natif Old French
- naïf Old French
- nadiu Catalan, Valencian
- naiv Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- nativ Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- ναΐφ Greek (modern)
- naif Turkish