c. 1300, nacioun, "a race of people, large group of people with common ancestry and language," from Old French nacion "birth, rank; descendants, relatives; country, homeland" (12c.) and directly from Latin nationem (nominative natio) "birth, origin; breed, stock, kind, species; race of people, tribe," literally "that which has been born," from natus, past participle of nasci "be born" (Old Latin gnasci), from PIE root *gene- "give birth, beget," with derivatives referring to procreation and familial and tribal groups.
We have got to stop referring to America as a nation.
It is not a nation and it as irksome to describe America as a nation as it is for parents to name their kids after a virtue, Like Chastity Bono, or to name their kids after a Taxi, like Cab Calloway
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