Where does “national” come from?
national (German) comes from French national, from French nation, from Middle French nation, from Old French nacion, from Latin nātiō, from Latin nātus, from Latin gnātus, from Proto-Italic gnātos — to produce, to beget, to give birth.
national (German): national; nationwide, national; nationalist
Definitions
- national; nationwide, national; nationalist
Ancestry of “national”, step by step
Words derived from “national”