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Where does “nasion” come from?

nasion (Old French) comes from Latin nationem, from Latin natio, from Latin natus, from Latin nasci, from Latin nascor, from Latin gnascor, from Proto-Italic gnāskōr, from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- — to produce, to beget, to give birth.

nasion (Old French): nation

Definitions

  1. nation

Ancestry of “nasion”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinnationemaccusative singular of nātiō
2Latinnatiobirth; nation, country, people; race, class
3Latinnatusborn, arisen, made; son, birth, age, years;...
4Latinnascipresent active infinitive of nāscor; to be born,...
5LatinnascorI am born, begotten; I arise, proceed; I grow,...
6LatingnascorAlternative form of nāscor; be born
7Proto-Italicgnāskōrbe born
8Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth

Words derived from “nasion”

  • national
  • international
  • nation
  • nations
  • nationalist
  • transnational
  • nationality
  • internationally
  • multinational
  • nationally
  • nationwide
  • nationalistic
  • internationalization
  • supranational
  • nationhood
  • internationalism
  • nationalization
  • subnational
  • internationalist
  • transnationalism
  • binational
  • internationalize
  • transnationally
  • postnational
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