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Where does “ναύτης” come from?

ναύτης (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek -τής, from Ancient Greek πεῖρα, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.

ναύτης (Ancient Greek): sailor, seaman; companion at sea

Definitions

  1. sailor, seaman; companion at sea

Ancestry of “ναύτης”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greek-τήςAppended to verbs to form agent nouns
2Ancient Greekπεῖραtrial, experiment, attempt
3Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

Words derived from “ναύτης”

  • nautical
  • astronaut
  • aeronautical
  • aeronaut
  • nautilus
  • aeronautic
  • astronautics
  • nautically
  • astronautical
  • nautiloid
  • aëronaut
  • unnautical
  • nonaeronautical
  • nautic
  • aquanaut
  • cybernaut
  • psychonaut
  • cryonaut
  • aeronautically
  • nonnautical
  • bioastronautics
  • neuronaut
  • cybernautic
  • infonaut
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