Where does “Nation” come from?

Nation (German) comes from Italian nazione, 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.

Nation (German): nation

Definitions

  1. nation

Ancestry of “Nation”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiannazionenation
2Latinnātiōbirth
3Latinnātusborn, arisen, made
4Latingnātus—
5Proto-Italicgnātosborn
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵn̥h₁tósbegotten, produced
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth

Words derived from “Nation”

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