nascent C2 Topic:Describing Qualities US /ˈnæɪ.sənt/ UK /ˈneɪ.sənt/ See IPA manual Freq #58190 Meanings 1 adj Just coming into existence and beginning to develop. The country's nascent democracy still faced many challenges. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · just coming into existence... emergingincipientemergent ↔ Opposites dyingmoribund Word family Derived forms connascentnascentlynascentnessrenascent Related forms antenatalinnatenatalnativenativismnaturalnaturalismnaturelnaturismprenatal Etymology AI details Borrowed from Latin nāscēns, nāscentis, present participle of nāscor (“to be born”). Doublet of naissant. *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European nāscēns Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # 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 - Describing Qualities - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown