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

  1. Of or relating to a navy; Of or relating to ships...

Ancestry of “naval”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchnaval—
2Latinnavalisnaval
3Latinnavisi-stem; ship; nave
4Proto-Italicnaus—
5Germanhinausout
6Germanausout; over; finished; done; up; off
7Old High Germanūzout
8Proto-West Germanic*ūtout, outward
9Proto-Germanicūtout, outward
10Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward

Words derived from “naval”

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