Latin nativus

← Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (root)

← Proto-Italic *gnātīwos (inherited)

← Latin nascor (suffix)

← Latin ivus (suffix)

→ English naive (derived)

→ English nief (derived)

→ Catalan natiu (learned borrowing)

→ Catalan nadiu (inherited)

→ Czech naivní (derived)

→ German naiv (derived)

→ Hungarian naiv (derived)

→ Latvian naivs (derived)

→ Norwegian Bokmål naiv (derived)

→ Norwegian Nynorsk naiv (derived)

→ Romanian nativ (borrowed)

→ Turkish naif (derived)