myEtymology.com: English etymology of national

Etymology of the English word national

the English word national

derived from the English word nation

derived from the Old French word nation

derived 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 nascere

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *genə-

using the English suffix -al

derived from the Latin suffix -alis