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

  1. 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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishnavigationalPertaining to navigation
2EnglishnavigationThe theory, practice and technology of charting a...
3Middle Frenchnavigation
4LatinnāvigātiōThe act of sailing or voyaging; voyage, navigation
5Latinnāvigōto sail, navigate, seafare, embark
6Latinnāvisship, boat, vessel; a fleet in the plural
7Proto-Italicnaus
8Germanhinausout
9Germanausout; over; finished; done; up; off
10Old High Germanūzout
11Proto-West Germanic*ūtout, outward
12Proto-Germanicūtout, outward
13Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward

via English aid

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishaidHelp; assistance; succor, relief; A helper; an...
2Middle EnglishaidenTo aid
3Middle Frenchayderto help; to aid
4Old Frenchaidierto help
5Latinadiūtōto help, serve, assist
6Latin-tōForms here
7Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
8Proto-Italic-tus
9Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European údEvery word from Proto-Germanic ūtEvery word from Proto-West Germanic *ūt