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Where does “astronavigator” come from?

astronavigator (English) comes from English navigator, from Latin navigātor, from Latin nāvigō, from Latin nāvis, from Proto-Italic naus, from German hinaus, from German aus, from Old High German ūz — out, outward.

astronavigator (English): One who performs astronavigation; an astronaut or...

Definitions

  1. One who performs astronavigation; an astronaut or...

Ancestry of “astronavigator”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishnavigatorA person who navigates, especially an officer...
2Latinnavigātor—
3Latinnāvigō—
4Latinnāvis—
5Proto-Italicnaus—
6Germanhinausout
7Germanausout; over; finished; done; up; off
8Old High Germanūzout
9Proto-West Germanic*ūt—
10Proto-Germanicūtout, outward
11Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward
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