Where does “național” come from?
național (Romanian) comes from French national, from French nation, from Middle French nation, from Old French nacion, from Latin nātiō, from Latin nātus, from Latin gnātus, from Proto-Italic gnātos — to produce, to beget, to give birth.
național (Romanian): national
Definitions
- national
Ancestry of “național”, step by step
național traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via French national
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | national | national |
| 2 | French | nation | nation |
| 3 | Middle French | nation | nation |
| 4 | Old French | nacion | birth; nation |
| 5 | Latin | nātiō | birth |
| 6 | Latin | nātus | born, arisen, made |
| 7 | Latin | gnātus | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | gnātos | born |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵn̥h₁tós | begotten, produced |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |
via New Latin nationalis
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Latin | nationalis | national |
| 2 | Latin | natio | birth; nation, country, people; race, class |
| 3 | Latin | natus | born, arisen, made; son, birth, age, years;... |
| 4 | Latin | nasci | present active infinitive of nāscor; to be born,... |
| 5 | Latin | nascor | I am born, begotten; I arise, proceed; I grow,... |
| 6 | Latin | gnascor | Alternative form of nāscor; be born |