natalie

‘name for one born on Christmas’

Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:

    F. natalie < Ch.Lat. Natalia < Lat. (dies) natalis ‘birthday,’ ‘Christmas Day’ in Church Latin < natalis ‘pertaining to birth or origin’ < natusnasci ‘to be born’ < O.Lat. gnasci < nay < gene- < Tamil īṉ

 

English words derived from Tamil īṉ connoting 'beget'