Renascent
/rɪˈnæs.ənt/noun
Beginning to rise, revive, or grow again.
Did you know?Its core root is the same Latin nasci, meaning 'to be born,' which also lives in words like native and nature—so 'renascent' is basically language for a second birth.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*gene-
“to beget, give birth”
Latin
Latin
nasci
“to be born”
Latin
Latin
renasci
“to be born again, revive”
Late Latin
Latin
renascent-
“being born again, reviving”
16th Century
English
renascent
“reviving, rising again”
Modern English
English
renascent
“beginning to revive or emerge again”