Where does “naval” come from?
Naval comes from Old French naval, from Latin navalis meaning "of ships," derived from Latin navis meaning "ship," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European néh₂us.
naval (English): Of or relating to a navy; Of or relating to ships...
Definitions
- Of or relating to a navy; Of or relating to ships...
Ancestry of “naval”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | naval | — |
| 2 | Latin | navalis | naval |
| 3 | Latin | navis | i-stem; ship; nave |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | naus | — |
| 5 | German | hinaus | out |
| 6 | German | aus | out; over; finished; done; up; off |
| 7 | Old High German | ūz | out |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | *ūt | — |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | ūt | out, outward |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | úd | out, outward |
Words derived from “naval”