nascent

C2 Topic:Cause, Change & Process

US /ˈnæɪ.sənt/ UK /ˈneɪ.sənt/ See IPA manual

adj Freq #58190

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1

adj
Just coming into existence and beginning to develop.

The country's nascent democracy still faced many challenges.

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Synonyms

1 adj · just coming into existence... emerging incipient emergent

Opposites

dying moribund

Word family

Derived forms connascentnascentlynascentnessrenascent

Related forms antenatal innate natal native nativism natural naturalismnaturelnaturism prenatal

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin nāscēns, nāscentis, present participle of nāscor (“to be born”). Doublet of naissant.

*ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European nāscēns Latin

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# nascent

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** ˈnæɪ.sənt
**IPA (UK):** ˈneɪ.sənt
**Frequency rank:** 58190

## Meanings
1. Just coming into existence and beginning to develop.

## Examples
- The country's nascent democracy still faced many challenges.

## Antonyms
- dying
- moribund

## Derived Forms
- connascent
- nascently
- nascentness
- renascent

## Related Forms
- antenatal
- innate
- natal
- native
- nativism
- natural
- naturalism
- naturel
- naturism
- prenatal

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *ǵenh₁-
- Root: nāscēns

## Etymology
Borrowed from Latin nāscēns, nāscentis, present participle of nāscor (“to be born”). Doublet of naissant.

## AI Etymology
Nascent is borrowed from Latin nāscēns, nāscentis, present participle of nāscor (“to be born”). Doublet of naissant. Important recorded forms include *ǵenh₁- (Proto-Indo-European) and nāscēns (Latin). Current senses include just coming into existence and beginning to develop. The wider family includes derived forms such as connascent, nascently, nascentness, and renascent and related words such as antenatal, innate, natal, native, and nativism.

## Topics
- Cause, Change & Process
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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