Etymograph

English

internatal

Internatal comes from Latin nātālis ‘relating to birth’, from nātus ‘born, arisen, made’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to produce’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵenh₁-1‘to produce’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵn̥h₁tós1‘begotten, produced’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*gnātos1‘born’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgnātus1
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnātus1‘born, arisen, made’
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnātālis2‘relating to birth’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1936internatal2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin natalis
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English internatal
  3. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1936, The New Orleans Medical and Surgical Jou: “Poor internatal care will undo the benefit derived from…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵenh₁-Wiktionary, Latin natalis‘to produce’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵn̥h₁tósWiktionary, Latin natalis‘begotten, produced’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*gnātosWiktionary, Latin natalis‘born’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgnātusWiktionary, Latin natalis
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnātusWiktionary, Latin natalis‘born, arisen, made’
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnātālisWiktionary, English internatal‘relating to birth’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1936internatalWiktionary, English internatal. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1936, The New Orleans Medical and Surgical Jou: “Poor internatal care will undo the benefit derived from…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to produce’

kind, general, king, german, engine, nature, generation, nation, gender, gene, genius, pregnant, oxygen, genuine, ken, genre, indigenous, gentle, hydrogen, genocide, genus, kin, ingenious, genital, germ, gens, gentile, puny, innate, glycogen, nascent, genitive, genial, janata, jaunty, genteel, gingerly, azadi, nomen, estrogenic, 104 more

through Latin gnātus

cognate, 3 more

through Latin nātus ‘born, arisen, made’

natural, native, naive, nee, nada, nativity, 5 more

through Latin nātālis ‘relating to birth’

noel, 2 more

Another origin of internatal

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*not-‘rear, buttock’uncertain
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnatis‘rump’
  3. Englishtodayinternatal

Today it means

adj Between pregnancies or births.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “internatal”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin natalis. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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