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nativus
Latin · ancient
"natural, innate"
natural, native, innate, from nasci (to be born)
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naif
French · medieval
"natural, innocent, unaffected"
narrowed in French to mean natural in the sense of innocent, unspoiled
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naive
English · 1650s
"showing a lack of experience or worldly wisdom"
settled as the English word for innocent, unworldly simplicity
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