natal

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin nātālis (“natal”), from nātus, perfect active participle of nāscor (“I am born”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-. Doublet of Noel.

adj

  1. Of or relating to birth.
    Sea turtles return to their natal beaches to nest.
    The constituents of the nation are a land and a people: the "natal", which is not necessarily innate, and the "popular," which is not necessarily pregiven. 1987, Gilles Deleuze, Félix Guattari, A Thousand Plateaus, page 456

Etymology 2

From Latin natis (“rump”), plural nates.

adj

  1. Of or relating to the buttocks.

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