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Where does “noyautage” come from?

noyautage (French) comes from French noyauter, from French noyau, from Middle French noyau, from Old French noel, from Latin nātālis, from Latin nātus, from Latin gnātus, from Proto-Italic gnātos — to produce, to beget, to give birth.

noyautage (French): infiltration

Definitions

  1. infiltration

Ancestry of “noyautage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchnoyauterto infiltrate
2Frenchnoyaustone; group ; cell; core
3Middle Frenchnoyau—
4Old FrenchnoelChristmas
5Latinnātālis—
6Latinnātus—
7Latingnātus—
8Proto-Italicgnātos—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanǵn̥h₁tósbegotten, produced
10Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth
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