Nature

Japanese: natura

…After that, the word “nature” did not immediately replace the words “heaven and earth” or “all things,” but gradually it came to be used to refer to the external objects in general that natural science deals with today. The English word “nature” and the Dutch word “natuur” originally came from the Latin word “natura,” which is a translation of the Greek word “physis.” “Physis” is derived from the verb “phyomai” (to be born, to arise), and means something that arises naturally in general, as opposed to “nomos,” which is an artificial rule or custom. …

From [Physis]

…the Greek word natura, translated into Latin, and therefore into modern European languages as nature, Natur, etc. The oldest known use of the word in Greek philosophy is found in a fragment by Heraclitus, where it means the original or true form of something.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "natura" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…その後〈天地〉や〈万物〉に対して，この〈自然〉という言葉が直ちにとって代わるということはなかったが，しかし徐々に，今日の自然科学がとり扱うような外界の対象一般に対して〈自然〉という言葉が用いられるようになった。　ところでそもそも英語のnatureやオランダ語のnatuurのもとはといえば，それはラテン語のナトゥラnaturaで，このナトゥラはギリシア語のフュシスphysisの訳である。フュシスは〈生まれる，生じるphyomai〉という動詞から派生した，おのずと生じたもの一般を意味し，人工の規則や慣習であるノモスnomosに対する。…