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nationalism
Nationalism comes from Middle French nation, 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–presentnationalisme
- Englishearliest quotation 1927nationalism
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–presentnationalisme
- Englishearliest quotation 1927nationalism
Earliest quotation: 1927, Quincy Wright, Bolshevist Influences in China: “Perhaps the explanation of the Chinese situation most generally…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to produce’
general, king, german, engine, nature, gender, pregnant, genuine, gene, genius, oxygen, ken, native, genre, indigenous, kindness, hydrogen, genocide, genus, kin, noel, naive, kinder, genital, nee, ingenious, germ, innate, nada, nascent, naïve, natal, puny, glycogen, nativity, janata, gingerly, genial, genitive, cognate, 106 more
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁tis ‘birth, production’
kind, gentle, genesis, genetics, gens, gentile, genteel, jaunty, nomen, 14 more
Today it means
noun A more extreme form of patriotism; the idea of a more extreme support for one's country, people or culture.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- / nationalism