nacimiento

/naθiˈmjento/ · B1 · noun · m

birth

👶 naci- from Latin nasci, to be born: kin to nascent, native, nativity

Nacer means to be born, and -miento turns a verb into a noun, so nacimiento is the act of being born. The same root covers a river's source and a nativity scene, which is the scene of a birth.

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