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Where does “ナチズム” come from?

ナチズム (Japanese) comes from English nazism, from English nazi, from German nazī, from German Nationalsozialist, from German national, from French national, from French nation, from Middle French nation — to produce, to beget, to give birth.

Ancestry of “ナチズム”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishnazismAlternative letter-case form of Nazism
2EnglishnaziAlternative form of Nazi
3Germannazī—
4GermanNationalsozialistNational Socialist
5Germannationalnational; nationwide, national; nationalist
6Frenchnationalnational
7Frenchnationnation
8Middle Frenchnationnation
9Old Frenchnacionbirth; nation
10Latinnātiō—
11Latinnātus—
12Latingnātus—
13Proto-Italicgnātos—
14Proto-Indo-Europeanǵn̥h₁tósbegotten, produced
15Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth
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