Where does “nationwide” come from?
Nationwide derives from English nation and English wide, where nation comes from Old French nacion, from Latin nationem, formed from the root of Latin damnum meaning harm or loss, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ǵénh₁tis.
nationwide (English): Extending throughout an entire nation; Throughout...
Definitions
- Extending throughout an entire nation; Throughout...
Ancestry of “nationwide”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | nation | A historically constituted, stable community of... |
| 2 | Middle English | nacioun | nation, country; people, race, tribe; People with... |
| 3 | Old French | nacion | birth; nation |
| 4 | Latin | nātiō | birth |
| 5 | Latin | nātus | born, arisen, made |
| 6 | Latin | gnātus | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | gnātos | born |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵn̥h₁tós | begotten, produced |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |