Where does “nación” come from?
nación (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese naçõ, from Latin nātiō, from Latin nātus, from Latin gnātus, from Proto-Italic gnātos, from Proto-Indo-European ǵn̥h₁tós, from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- — to produce, to beget, to give birth.
nación (Galician): nation; vulva of a female domestic animal
Definitions
- nation; vulva of a female domestic animal
Ancestry of “nación”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Portuguese | naçõ | — |
| 2 | Latin | nātiō | — |
| 3 | Latin | nātus | — |
| 4 | Latin | gnātus | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | gnātos | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵn̥h₁tós | begotten, produced |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |