Where does “navalism” come from?
navalism (English) comes from English naval, from Old French naval, from Latin navalis, from Latin navis, from Proto-Italic naus, from German hinaus, from German aus, from Old High German ūz — out, outward.
navalism (English): naval militarism
Definitions
- naval militarism
Ancestry of “navalism”, step by step
navalism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English naval
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | naval | Of or relating to a navy; Of or relating to ships... |
| 2 | Old French | naval | — |
| 3 | Latin | navalis | naval |
| 4 | Latin | navis | i-stem; ship; nave |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | naus | — |
| 6 | German | hinaus | out |
| 7 | German | aus | out; over; finished; done; up; off |
| 8 | Old High German | ūz | out |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | *ūt | out, outward |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | ūt | out, outward |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | úd | out, outward |
via English ism
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ism | An ideology, system of thought, or practice that... |
| 2 | English | -ism | Used to form nouns of action or process or result... |
| 3 | Latin | -ismus | -ism |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ισμός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -μός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -mós | Creates action/result nouns from verb stems |