Where does “circumnavigator” come from?
circumnavigator (English) comes from English circumnavigate, from Latin circumnāvigātus, from Latin circumnāvigō, from Latin nāvigō, from Latin nāvis, from Proto-Italic naus, from German hinaus, from German aus — out, outward.
circumnavigator (English): A person who circumnavigates, that is, sails...
Definitions
- A person who circumnavigates, that is, sails...
Ancestry of “circumnavigator”, step by step
circumnavigator traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English circumnavigate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | circumnavigate | To travel completely around somewhere or... |
| 2 | Latin | circumnāvigātus | having been sailed around; having been circumnavigated |
| 3 | Latin | circumnāvigō | to sail round or around something, circumnavigate |
| 4 | Latin | nāvigō | to sail, navigate, seafare, embark |
| 5 | Latin | nāvis | ship, boat, vessel; a fleet in the plural |
| 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 | out, outward |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | ūt | out, outward |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | úd | out, outward |
via English OR
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | OR | Inclusive or; either one proposition or the other... |
| 2 | Middle English | ōr | or |
| 3 | Middle French | or | gold |
| 4 | Old French | or | gold; blond color; Alternative form of ore |
| 5 | Latin | aurum | gold; any object made of gold, such as a gold... |
| 6 | Latin | ausum | nominative neuter singular of ausus; accusative... |
| 7 | Latin | ausus | dared, having dared, ventured, having ventured,... |
| 8 | Latin | audeō | to dare, venture, risk |
| 9 | Latin | avidus | Greedy, avaricious, covetous; Eager,... |
| 10 | Latin | -idus | tending to |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | *-iðos | — |