Where does “navbox” come from?

navbox (English) comes from English navigation, from Middle French navigation, from Latin nāvigātiō, from Latin nāvigō, from Latin nāvis, from Proto-Italic naus, from German hinaus, from German aus — out, outward.

navbox (English): A navigation box; a template placed on a page,...

Definitions

  1. A navigation box; a template placed on a page,...

Ancestry of “navbox”, step by step

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