Where does “circumnavigatory” come from?
circumnavigatory (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.
circumnavigatory (English): pertaining to circumnavigation
Definitions
- pertaining to circumnavigation
Ancestry of “circumnavigatory”, step by step
| 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 |