Where does “circumnavigate” come from?
Circumnavigate comes from Latin circumnavigatus, the past participle of circumnavigo, combining circum with ago, both ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- meaning to drive or move.
circumnavigate (English): To travel completely around somewhere or...
Definitions
- To travel completely around somewhere or...
Ancestry of “circumnavigate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | circumnāvigātus | having been sailed around; having been circumnavigated |
| 2 | Latin | circumnāvigō | to sail round or around something, circumnavigate |
| 3 | Latin | nāvigō | to sail, navigate, seafare, embark |
| 4 | Latin | nāvis | ship, boat, vessel; a fleet in the plural |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | naus | — |
| 6 | German | hinaus | out |
| 7 | German | aus | out; over; finished; done; up; off |
| 8 | Old High German | ūz | out |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | *ūt | out, outward |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | ūt | out, outward |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | úd | out, outward |