Where does “internavy” come from?
internavy (English) comes from English Navy, from Middle English nave, from Old French navie, from Latin nāvigia, from Latin nāvigium, from Latin nāvigō, from Latin nāvis, from Proto-Italic naus — out, outward.
internavy (English): Between navies
Definitions
- Between navies
Ancestry of “internavy”, step by step
internavy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Navy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Navy | A country's entire maritime military force, including ships and personnel |
| 2 | Middle English | nave | nave hub of a wheel |
| 3 | Old French | navie | navy |
| 4 | Latin | nāvigia | — |
| 5 | Latin | nāvigium | vessel, ship, boat |
| 6 | Latin | nāvigō | to sail, navigate, seafare, embark |
| 7 | Latin | nāvis | ship, boat, vessel; a fleet in the plural |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | naus | — |
| 9 | German | hinaus | out |
| 10 | German | aus | out; over; finished; done; up; off |
| 11 | Old High German | ūz | out |
| 12 | Proto-West Germanic | *ūt | out, outward |
| 13 | Proto-Germanic | ūt | out, outward |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | úd | out, outward |
via English inter
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | inter | To bury in a grave; To confine, as in a prison |
| 2 | Middle English | enteren | — |
| 3 | French | entrer | to enter |
| 4 | Middle French | entrer | to enter |
| 5 | Old French | entrer | to enter |
| 6 | Latin | intrō | to enter, go into, come in, get in, penetrate |
| 7 | Latin | intra | within; inside; during; less than |
| 8 | Latin | interus | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁énteros | inside, within |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -teros | Contrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix |