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Where does “aeronavigation” come from?

aeronavigation (English) comes from English navigation, from Middle French navigation, from Latin nāvigātiō, from Latin nāvigō, from Latin nāvis, from Proto-Italic naus, from German hinaus, from German aus — out, outward.

aeronavigation (English): The navigation through air; aerial navigation

Definitions

  1. The navigation through air; aerial navigation

Ancestry of “aeronavigation”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishnavigationThe theory, practice and technology of charting a...
2Middle Frenchnavigation—
3Latinnāvigātiō—
4Latinnāvigō—
5Latinnāvis—
6Proto-Italicnaus—
7Germanhinausout
8Germanausout; over; finished; done; up; off
9Old High Germanūzout
10Proto-West Germanic*ūt—
11Proto-Germanicūtout, outward
12Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward
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