Naturelle
/nəˈtjʊə.rəl/noun
A French adjective meaning natural or innate; in English, it appears mainly in borrowed culinary or descriptive uses.
Did you know?Its deepest root is the Proto-Indo-European *gene-* meaning “to beget” or “give birth,” the same ancient source behind words like generate and genealogy.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*gene-
“to beget, give birth”
Latin
Latin
nātūra
“birth, constitution, essential quality; also the natural world”
Old French
Old French
naturel
“natural, innate, by birth”
Middle English
English
naturel
“natural, native”
Modern English
English
naturelle
“a borrowed French form meaning natural or pertaining to nature”