Where does “national” come from?
national (French) comes from French nation, from Middle French nation, from Old French nacion, from Latin nātiō, from Latin nātus, from Latin gnātus, from Proto-Italic gnātos, from Proto-Indo-European ǵn̥h₁tós — to produce, to beget, to give birth.
national (French): national
Ancestry of “national”, step by step
Words derived from “national”