Etymology of the English word nation
the English word
nationderived from the Old French word
nationderived from the Latin word
natio (nation, people; birth)
derived from the Latin word
natus (birth; age, years; born, arisen; made; son; child; children)
derived from the Latin word
nasci (be born, begotten, formed; be produced spontaneously, come into existence, being)
derived from the Latin word
nascerederived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*genə-Date
The earliest known usage of nation in English dates from the 13th century.
Derivations in English
national,
nationhood,
nationwideCognates
Dutch
natie, French
nation, German
Nation, Italian
nazione, Latin
natio, Lithuanian
nacija, Norwegian
nasjon, Portuguese
nação, Russian
нация, Spanish
nación, Spanish
nacion, Swedish
nationUsage
Word found in Modern English
