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

  1. The act of circumnavigating, or sailing round

Ancestry of “circumnavigation”, step by step

circumnavigation traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English navigation

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishnavigationThe theory, practice and technology of charting a...
2Middle Frenchnavigation—
3LatinnāvigātiōThe act of sailing or voyaging; voyage, navigation
4Latinnāvigōto sail, navigate, seafare, embark
5Latinnāvisship, boat, vessel; a fleet in the plural
6Proto-Italicnaus—
7Germanhinausout
8Germanausout; over; finished; done; up; off
9Old High Germanūzout
10Proto-West Germanic*ūtout, outward
11Proto-Germanicūtout, outward
12Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward

via English circum

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishcircum—

Words derived from “circumnavigation”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European úd →Every word from Proto-Germanic ūt →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *ūt →