## Etymology
A modern formation from anti- ('against') + national, the latter from Latin nātiōnālis, from nātiō ('nation, birth'), from nāscī ('to be born').

## AI Etymology
antinational is a modern formation from anti- ('against') + national, the latter from Latin nātiōnālis, from nātiō ('nation, birth'), from nāscī ('to be born'). Morphologically, the word is transparent as a compound: its parts remain visible in the modern spelling, while the older history of those parts supplies the deeper ancestry. In modern use, the adjective sense is "opposed to the nation or its interests; unpatriotic", which keeps the etymology connected to the word's present dictionary value rather than treating it as a merely historical label. The wider word family includes related English forms such as national, nation, nationalism, showing how the same base continues to support neighboring English vocabulary. The principal historical forms in the chain include Ancient Greek antí, Latin nāscī, which anchor the explanation in named linguistic material.

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- Politics & International Affairs
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