Where does “nazzjonaliżmu” come from?
nazzjonaliżmu (Maltese) comes from Italian nazionalismo, from Spanish 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.
nazzjonaliżmu (Maltese): nationalism
Definitions
- nationalism
Ancestry of “nazzjonaliżmu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | nazionalismo | nationalism |
| 2 | Spanish | nazi | Nazi |
| 3 | German | nazī | a member or (ideological) supporter of the Nazi Party, Nazism, or neo-Nazism; a National Socialist |
| 4 | German | Nationalsozialist | National Socialist |
| 5 | German | national | national; nationwide, national; nationalist |
| 6 | French | national | national |
| 7 | French | nation | nation |
| 8 | Middle French | nation | nation |
| 9 | Old French | nacion | birth; nation |
| 10 | Latin | nātiō | birth |
| 11 | Latin | nātus | born, arisen, made |
| 12 | Latin | gnātus | — |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | gnātos | born |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵn̥h₁tós | begotten, produced |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |