English

national

/ˈnaʃ.ə.nəl/
Pertaining to a nation or country, especially as a whole; affecting, shared by, or existing throughout all of a nation; the state.

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    Origin

    From Middle French national, corresponding to nation + -al.

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    • derivedMiddle Frenchnational
    • partEnglishnation “A historically constituted, stable community of people, formed based on a common language, territor…”
      • inheritedMiddle Englishnacioun
        • borrowedOld Frenchnacion
    • suffixEnglish-y “Added to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives meaning “having the quality of”, either “involving…”
      • inheritedMiddle English-y
        • derivedMiddle English-ie
        • inheritedOld English-iġ
        • inheritedProto-West Germanic*-ōn
    • suffixEnglish-al “Of or pertaining to. Adjectival suffix appended to various words, often nouns, to produce an adject…”
      • inheritedMiddle English-al
        • borrowedOld French-al
        • borrowedOld French-el
        • borrowedLatin-ālis “-al”
      • derivedEnglishaldehyde “Any of a large class of reactive organic compounds (R·CHO) having a carbonyl functional group attac…”
        • borrowedGermanAldehyd

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