Where does “nationalistic” come from?
Nationalistic comes from English nationalist, nation, and damnation, ultimately from Latin damnum meaning loss or harm, via the Latin suffix -tio and Proto-Indo-European -kos.
nationalistic (English): Of, relating to, or advocating nationalism
Definitions
- Of, relating to, or advocating nationalism
Ancestry of “nationalistic”, step by step
nationalistic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English nationalist
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | nationalist | Of or relating to nationalism; An advocate of... |
| 2 | English | national | Of or having to do with a nation; Of or having to... |
| 3 | Latin | nātiō | birth |
| 4 | Latin | nātus | born, arisen, made |
| 5 | Latin | gnātus | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | gnātos | born |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵn̥h₁tós | begotten, produced |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |
via Romanian naționalist
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | naționalist | nationalist, nationalistic |