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Where does “Nationalspielerin” come from?

Nationalspielerin (German) comes from German Nationalspieler, from German national, from French national, from French nation, from Middle French nation, from Old French nacion, from Latin nātiō, from Latin nātus — to produce, to beget, to give birth.

Nationalspielerin (German): female national player

Definitions

  1. female national player

Ancestry of “Nationalspielerin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanNationalspielernational player
2Germannationalnational; nationwide, national; nationalist
3Frenchnationalnational
4Frenchnationnation
5Middle Frenchnationnation
6Old Frenchnacionbirth; nation
7Latinnātiō—
8Latinnātus—
9Latingnātus—
10Proto-Italicgnātos—
11Proto-Indo-Europeanǵn̥h₁tósbegotten, produced
12Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth
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