nacer

/naˈθeɾ/ · A2 · verb

to be born, to sprout, to begin to grow

🐣 nacer → Latin nasci (be born): same root as natal, nativity, nascent

English kept the Latin root in natal, native, nation and nascent, all about birth or origin. Spanish nacer covers every kind of starting out: a baby is born, a chick hatches, a river has its source, the sun rises, an urge arises.

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