Where does “Estado-nação” come from?
Estado-nação (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese nação, from Old Portuguese naçon, 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.
Estado-nação (Portuguese): nation-state
Definitions
- nation-state
Ancestry of “Estado-nação”, step by step
Estado-nação traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese nação
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | nação | nation |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | naçon | — |
| 3 | Latin | nātiō | birth |
| 4 | Latin | nātus | born, arisen, made |
| 5 | Latin | gnātus | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | gnātos | born |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵn̥h₁tós | begotten, produced |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |
via Portuguese estado
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | estado | state; state, government; status, condition,... |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | estado | — |
| 3 | Latin | status | fixed, set, having been set; regular; state,... |
| 4 | Latin | sto | I stand; I stay, remain; I am |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | staēō | stand |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sth₂éh₁yeti | to stand |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | *steh₂- | — |