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Where does “naçõ” come from?

naçõ (Old Portuguese) comes 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.

Ancestry of “naçõ”, step by step

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

Words derived from “naçõ”

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