From Latin 'natalis' (of birth), from 'nasci' (to be born) — in Romance languages it means 'Christmas,' the birthday.
Of or relating to birth; connected with the place or time of one's birth.
From Proto-Indo-European *genh1- (to give birth, to beget, to produce) via Latin natalis (of or pertaining to birth), from natus (born), the past participle of nasci (to be born). The PIE root *genh1- is one of the most productive in the language family: it yields Latin genus, gens, gignere (to beget), Greek genos (race, kind), gignesthai (to be born), English kin (via Proto-Germanic *kunjam), king (originally son of the kin-group), and Sanskrit jan- (to be born). Latin nasci (from *gnasci) → natus (born) → natalis (of birth
The Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Norte's capital is called Natal — founded on Christmas Day 1599, named directly from the Portuguese word for Christmas, which itself is simply the Latin word for 'birthday.' French 'Noël' (Christmas) comes from the same Latin 'nātālis' through heavy phonological erosion.
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