Etymology

denazification

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Today it means: The process of the removal of Nazis from public office and positions of responsibility in Germany and Austria after World War II. Full definition →

English Nazification ← German Nazi ← French socia
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindē
  5. Latindē-
  6. Englishde-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*ǵenh₁-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*ǵénh₁tis
  9. Proto-Italic*gnātiō
  10. Latinnātiō
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  13. New Latinnātionālis
  14. Germannational
  15. Proto-Indo-European*sekʷ-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*sokʷéh₂
  17. Proto-Indo-European*sokʷh₂ṓy
  18. Proto-Indo-European*sokʷyós
  19. Proto-Italic*sokjos
  20. Latinsokios
  21. Latinsocius
  22. Latinsociālis
  23. Frenchsocia
  24. Germansozial
  25. GermanSozialist
  26. GermanNationalsozialist
  27. GermanSoziinflu.
  28. GermanNazi
  29. EnglishNazi
  30. EnglishNazification
  31. English todaydenazification

From de- + Nazification.

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