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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | Copyright

natation XVI. — L. natātiō, -ōn-, f. natāre swim, frequent. of nāre, f. IE. *sna-, repr. also by Gr. nékhein swim, Skr. snáti bathe, Ir. snám swimming, W. nawf; see -ATION.
So natatorial XIX. natatory XVIII. — late L. natātōrius.

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