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Where does “nazzjon” come from?

nazzjon (Maltese) comes from Italian nazione, from Latin nātiō, from Latin nātus, from Latin gnātus, from Proto-Italic gnātos, from Proto-Indo-European ǵn̥h₁tós, from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- — to produce, to beget, to give birth.

nazzjon (Maltese): nation

Definitions

  1. nation

Ancestry of “nazzjon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiannazionenation
2Latinnātiō—
3Latinnātus—
4Latingnātus—
5Proto-Italicgnātos—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵn̥h₁tósbegotten, produced
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth
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