Where does “nationalism” come from?
Nationalism comes from French nationalisme, formed from French national and the suffix -isme, from Latin nationem (people born together) and -alis, ultimately from Latin nascor (to be born).
nationalism (English): Patriotism; the idea of supporting one's country,...
Definitions
- Patriotism; the idea of supporting one's country,...
Ancestry of “nationalism”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | nationalisme | nationalism |
| 2 | French | national | national |
| 3 | French | nation | nation |
| 4 | Middle French | nation | nation |
| 5 | Old French | nacion | birth; nation |
| 6 | Latin | nātiō | birth |
| 7 | Latin | nātus | born, arisen, made |
| 8 | Latin | gnātus | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | gnātos | born |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵn̥h₁tós | begotten, produced |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |
Words derived from “nationalism”
- ethnonationalism
- ultranationalism
- postnationalism
- hypernationalism
- neonationalism
- antinationalism
- supernationalism
- cybernationalism
- homonationalism
- ナショナリズム
- micronationalism
- ablenationalism
- anarcho-nationalism
- feminationalism
- heteronationalism
- linguonationalism
- pan-nationalism
- techno-nationalism
- hypernationalist
- mikronasionalisme