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Where does “Nazi” come from?

Nazi comes from German Nazi, a shortened form of Nationalsozialist, literally meaning National Socialist, a term adopted by the German political party founded in the 1920s.

Nazi (English): A member of the National Socialist German Workers...

Definitions

  1. A member of the National Socialist German Workers...

Ancestry of “Nazi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanNazia member or supporter of the NSDAP, Nazism, or...
2GermanNationalsozialistNational Socialist
3Germannationalnational; nationwide, national; nationalist
4Frenchnationalnational
5Frenchnationnation
6Middle Frenchnationnation
7Old Frenchnacionbirth; nation
8Latinnātiō—
9Latinnātus—
10Latingnātus—
11Proto-Italicgnātos—
12Proto-Indo-Europeanǵn̥h₁tósbegotten, produced
13Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth

Words derived from “Nazi”

  • Nazism
  • denazification
  • Nazification
  • Naziism
  • Nazidom
  • Nazify
  • denazify
  • Naziland
  • Nazilike
  • muslimonazi
  • environazi
  • anti-Nazi
  • grammar Nazi
  • Naziphilia
  • Nazisploitation
  • Islamonazism
  • ナチズム
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