Where does “circumnavigation” come from?
Circumnavigation comes from Latin circum- combined with navigatio, ultimately deriving from Latin ago and vertere, meaning to drive or turn.
circumnavigation (English): The act of circumnavigating, or sailing round
Definitions
- The act of circumnavigating, or sailing round
Ancestry of “circumnavigation”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | navigation | The theory, practice and technology of charting a... |
| 2 | Middle French | navigation | — |
| 3 | Latin | nāvigātiō | — |
| 4 | Latin | nāvigō | — |
| 5 | Latin | nāvis | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | naus | — |
| 7 | German | hinaus | out |
| 8 | German | aus | out; over; finished; done; up; off |
| 9 | Old High German | ūz | out |
| 10 | Proto-West Germanic | *ūt | — |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | ūt | out, outward |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | úd | out, outward |
Words derived from “circumnavigation”