blood and soil, n.All

Blood and soil (n.) began ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠as a harmless legal formula before it became the Nazi watchword: Rome's two tests of citizenship, birth on the land and birth from citizen parents.