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nativity

noun

na·​tiv·​i·​ty nə-ˈti-və-tē How to pronounce nativity (audio)
nā-
plural nativities
1
: the process or circumstances of being born : birth
especially, capitalized : the birth of Jesus
2
: a horoscope at or of the time of one's birth
3
: the place of origin

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Nativity is one of many words born of the Latin verb nasci, which means "to be born." The gestation of the word was a long one. Nasci developed in Latin into nativitas, meaning "birth," which passed through Anglo-French as nativité before entering English in the 14th century. Nativity has many siblings and cousins in our language; other terms of the lineage of nasci include cognate, innate, nascent, native, and renaissance.

Synonyms

  • birth
  • geniture
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Example Sentences

my father and grandparents were proud observers of my nativity
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Word History

Etymology

Middle English nativite, from Anglo-French nativité, from Medieval Latin nativitat-, nativitas, from Late Latin, birth, from Latin nativus

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

Nativity

noun

Na·​tiv·​i·​ty
nə-ˈti-və-tē
plural Nativities
: the birth of Jesus Christ
a Nativity scene

nativities

noun

plural of nativity
as in births
the act or instance of being born my father and grandparents were proud observers of my nativity

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • births
  • maternities
  • geneses
  • reproductions
  • originations
  • genitures
  • generations
  • creations
  • parentings
  • bearings
  • paternities
  • labors
  • breedings
  • nascencies
  • accouchements
  • childbearings
  • parturitions
  • parenthoods
  • fatherhoods
  • rises
  • motherhoods

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • abortions
  • miscarriages
  • stillbirths
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