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Where does “nationalsymbol” come from?

nationalsymbol (Swedish) comes from Swedish national-, from Latin nationalis, 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.

nationalsymbol (Swedish): national emblem

Definitions

  1. national emblem

Ancestry of “nationalsymbol”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishnational-—
2Latinnationalisnational
3Latinnātiō—
4Latinnātus—
5Latingnātus—
6Proto-Italicgnātos—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵn̥h₁tósbegotten, produced
8Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth
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