Where does “auger in” come from?
auger in (English) comes from English auger, from Middle English nauger, from Middle English nave, from Old French navie, from Latin nāvigia, from Latin nāvigium, from Latin nāvigō, from Latin nāvis — out, outward.
auger in (English): To crash catastrophically into the ground
Definitions
- To crash catastrophically into the ground
Ancestry of “auger in”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | auger | A carpenter's tool for boring holes longer than... |
| 2 | Middle English | nauger | auger |
| 3 | Middle English | nave | nave hub of a wheel |
| 4 | Old French | navie | navy |
| 5 | Latin | nāvigia | — |
| 6 | Latin | nāvigium | vessel, ship, boat |
| 7 | Latin | nāvigō | to sail, navigate, seafare, embark |
| 8 | Latin | nāvis | ship, boat, vessel; a fleet in the plural |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | naus | — |
| 10 | German | hinaus | out |
| 11 | German | aus | out; over; finished; done; up; off |
| 12 | Old High German | ūz | out |
| 13 | Proto-West Germanic | *ūt | out, outward |
| 14 | Proto-Germanic | ūt | out, outward |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | úd | out, outward |