Nascent
/ˈnæs.ənt/noun
Beginning to exist or develop.
Did you know?It comes from Latin nascens, the present participle of nasci, “to be born,” the same root that gives us words like native and nation.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*gene-
“to give birth, beget, be born”
Latin
Latin
gnascī / nāscī
“to be born, come into being”
Latin
Latin
nascēns
“being born, arising”
Late Middle English
English
nascent
“being born; beginning to develop”
Modern English
English
nascent
“beginning to exist or develop”