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

  1. Between navies

Ancestry of “internavy”, step by step

internavy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Navy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishNavyA country's entire maritime military force, including ships and personnel
2Middle Englishnavenave hub of a wheel
3Old Frenchnavienavy
4Latinnāvigia
5Latinnāvigiumvessel, ship, boat
6Latinnāvigōto sail, navigate, seafare, embark
7Latinnāvisship, boat, vessel; a fleet in the plural
8Proto-Italicnaus
9Germanhinausout
10Germanausout; over; finished; done; up; off
11Old High Germanūzout
12Proto-West Germanic*ūtout, outward
13Proto-Germanicūtout, outward
14Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward

via English inter

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishinterTo bury in a grave; To confine, as in a prison
2Middle Englishenteren
3Frenchentrerto enter
4Middle Frenchentrerto enter
5Old Frenchentrerto enter
6Latinintrōto enter, go into, come in, get in, penetrate
7Latinintrawithin; inside; during; less than
8Latininterus
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énterosinside, within
10Proto-Indo-European-terosContrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European úd