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nascent
nascent:
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native
nascent (adj.)
1620s, from Latin
nascentem
(nominative
nascens
) "arising young, immature," present participle of
nasci
"to be born" (Old Latin
gnasci
; see
genus
). Related:
Nascence
(1560s);
nascency
.