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Where does “astronavigation” come from?

astronavigation (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.

astronavigation (English): Navigation by using the positions of the stars...

Definitions

  1. Navigation by using the positions of the stars...

Ancestry of “astronavigation”, 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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