Where does “Nationalepos” come from?

Nationalepos (German) comes from German national, 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.

Nationalepos (German): national epic

Definitions

  1. national epic

Ancestry of “Nationalepos”, step by step

Nationalepos traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German national

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germannationalnational; nationwide, national; nationalist
2Frenchnationalnational
3Frenchnationnation
4Middle Frenchnationnation
5Old Frenchnacionbirth; nation
6Latinnātiōbirth
7Latinnātusborn, arisen, made
8Latingnātus
9Proto-Italicgnātosborn
10Proto-Indo-Europeanǵn̥h₁tósbegotten, produced
11Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth

via German Epos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanEposepic
2Ancient Greekἔποςsomething spoken: speech, story, song; epic...
3Ancient Greekϝέπος
4Proto-Hellenicwékʷosword, speech
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwékʷos
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwekʷ-to speak, to sound out
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁-Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵn̥h₁tósEvery word from Proto-Italic gnātos