Where does “navaid” come from?
navaid (English) comes from English navigational, from English navigation, from Middle French navigation, from Latin nāvigātiō, from Latin nāvigō, from Latin nāvis, from Proto-Italic naus, from German hinaus — out, outward.
navaid (English): Any form of aid to navigation, particularly...
Definitions
- Any form of aid to navigation, particularly...
Ancestry of “navaid”, step by step
navaid traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English navigational
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | navigational | Pertaining to navigation |
| 2 | English | navigation | The theory, practice and technology of charting a... |
| 3 | Middle French | navigation | — |
| 4 | Latin | nāvigātiō | The act of sailing or voyaging; voyage, navigation |
| 5 | Latin | nāvigō | to sail, navigate, seafare, embark |
| 6 | Latin | nāvis | ship, boat, vessel; a fleet in the plural |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | naus | — |
| 8 | German | hinaus | out |
| 9 | German | aus | out; over; finished; done; up; off |
| 10 | Old High German | ūz | out |
| 11 | Proto-West Germanic | *ūt | out, outward |
| 12 | Proto-Germanic | ūt | out, outward |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | úd | out, outward |
via English aid
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | aid | Help; assistance; succor, relief; A helper; an... |
| 2 | Middle English | aiden | To aid |
| 3 | Middle French | ayder | to help; to aid |
| 4 | Old French | aidier | to help |
| 5 | Latin | adiūtō | to help, serve, assist |
| 6 | Latin | -tō | Forms here |
| 7 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |