nativity

Meaning

Noun

• Someone's birth; the place, time and circumstances of a birth.
• Someone's birth considered as a means of astrology; a horoscope associated with a person's birth.
• The birth of Jesus.
• The festival celebrating the birth of Jesus, Christmas Day; the festival celebrating the birth of the Virgin Mary or the birth of Saint John the Baptist.
• A set of figurines used to create a nativity scene.
• Origin; founding.
• Place of origin; place to which a species is native.
• The quality of being native or innate.

Origin

• From Middle English nativite, from Anglo-Norman nativite, Middle French nativite, and their source, Latin nativitas ("birth"). See also naïveté.