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Internationale
Internationale comes from French international, from Old French nacion ‘birth’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to produce’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵenh₁-‘to produce’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵénh₁tis‘birth, production’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*gnātiō‘family’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnātiō‘birth’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400nacion‘birth’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600nation
- Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentnational
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentinternationalas internationale
- Englishearliest quotation 2008Internationale
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵenh₁-‘to produce’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵénh₁tis‘birth, production’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*gnātiō‘family’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnātiō‘birth’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400nacion‘birth’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600nation
- Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentnational
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentinternationalas internationale
- Englishearliest quotation 2008Internationale
Earliest quotation: 2008, Charlie Pierce, Wait, Wait...Don’t Tell Me!: “Last Thursday, all at once, several groups of Skillet…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to produce’
general, king, german, engine, nature, gender, gene, genius, pregnant, native, oxygen, genuine, ken, genre, indigenous, hydrogen, genocide, kindness, genus, noel, naive, kin, genital, nee, ingenious, germ, kinder, nada, natal, naïve, innate, nascent, nativity, puny, glycogen, janata, genial, genitive, gingerly, azadi, 105 more
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁tis ‘birth, production’
kind, gentle, genesis, genetics, gens, gentile, genteel, jaunty, nomen, 13 more
through Old French nacion ‘birth’
through French nation
Today it means
name A general left-wing anthem for solidarity and emancipation of the working class, dating back to the 19th century.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- / Internationale