Where does “plurinational” come from?
plurinational (English) comes from Romanian național, from French national, from French nation, from Middle French nation, from Old French nacion, from Latin nātiō, from Latin nātus, from Latin gnātus — to produce, to beget, to give birth.
plurinational (English): Describing a state containing large groups of...
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Ancestry of “plurinational”, step by step
plurinational traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian național
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | național | national |
| 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 |