Nascent Latin Root Birth Include Adjective Emerging Developing

Nascent can be used to describe the birth of anything, including an idea, a newly formed group, or a movement. For example: “Her nascent idea for a new software application wasn’t completely thought out yet, but it had such incredible potential that investors were already lining up.”

Synonyms for nascent include incipient, burgeoning, embryonic, fledgling, and evolving.

Nascent comes from the Latin root nasc, which in turn comes from the Latin word nascor, meaning “to be born.” Another root from this Latin verb is nat. Related words that share this root and have something to do with birth include nativity, natal, prenatal, innate, native, and neonatal.