naissance
[ney-suh ns]
- a birth, an origination, or a growth, as that of a person, an organization, an idea, or a movement.
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Origin of naissance
1480–90; < French, Middle French, equivalent to nais- (stem of naître to be born < Vulgar Latin *nāscere, for Latin nāscī) + -ance -ance
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Si cieu che vous m'avez dict sur vostre Naissance è vray, vos esteo digne di monter dedans le carozze du Roy.
The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 3 of 3George Augustus Sala
Word Origin and History for naissance
n.
"birth, origin," late 15c., from Middle French naissance "birth, parentage, place of origin" (12c.), present participle of naître, from Gallo-Roman *nascere, from Latin nasci "be born" (see genus).
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