Nativity

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Middle English: from Old French nativite, from late Latin nativitas, from Latin nativus ‘arisen by birth’ (see native).


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From Middle English nativite, from Anglo-Norman nativite, Middle French nativite, and their source, Latin nātīvitās(“birth”). See also naïveté.


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nativity (n.)

early 12c., Nativite, "feast-day celebrating the birth of Christ, Christmas," from Old French nativité "birth, origin, descent; birthday; Christmas" (12c.), from Late Latin nativitatem (nominative nativitas) "birth," from Latin nativus "born, native" (see native (adj.)). Late Old English had nativiteð, from earlier Old French nativited. From late 14c. as "fact of being born; circumstances attending one's birth."