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
- A member of the National Socialist German Workers...
Ancestry of “Nazi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Nazi | a member or supporter of the NSDAP, Nazism, or... |
| 2 | German | Nationalsozialist | National Socialist |
| 3 | German | national | national; nationwide, national; nationalist |
| 4 | French | national | national |
| 5 | French | nation | nation |
| 6 | Middle French | nation | nation |
| 7 | Old French | nacion | birth; nation |
| 8 | Latin | nātiō | birth |
| 9 | Latin | nātus | born, arisen, made |
| 10 | Latin | gnātus | — |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | gnātos | born |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵn̥h₁tós | begotten, produced |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |