Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
naissance
"birth, origin," late 15c., from Middle French naissance "birth, parentage, place of origin" (12c.), present participle of naître, from Gallo-Roman *nascere, from Latin nasci "be born" (see genus).
Usage examples of "naissance".
The principal ingredient of Chous-Chous is cedar bark, and parsley and celery go into Naissance de Jour.
Day after day slipped by,-the wonderful clear days of Potomac autumn, with the sound of northing geese at night, sailing high under the frosty stars, but not until the 315t of the month, with the first November rain softening the clay roads of Maryland and Virginia, did McClellan send word to the President that he was about to make a strong reconnaissance up the Potomac toward Leesburg.