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
national traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French national
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | national | national |
| 2 | French | nation | nation |
| 3 | Middle French | nation | nation |
| 4 | Old French | nacion | birth; nation |
| 5 | Latin | nātiō | birth |
| 6 | Latin | nātus | born, arisen, made |
| 7 | Latin | gnātus | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | gnātos | born |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵn̥h₁tós | begotten, produced |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |
via New Latin nationalis
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Latin | nationalis | national |
| 2 | Latin | natio | birth; nation, country, people; race, class |
| 3 | Latin | natus | born, arisen, made; son, birth, age, years;... |
| 4 | Latin | nasci | present active infinitive of nāscor; to be born,... |
| 5 | Latin | nascor | I am born, begotten; I arise, proceed; I grow,... |
| 6 | Latin | gnascor | Alternative form of nāscor; be born |