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Where does “navelike” come from?

navelike (English) comes from English nave, from Middle English nave, from Old French navie, from Latin nāvigia, from Latin nāvigium, from Latin nāvigō, from Latin nāvis, from Proto-Italic naus — out, outward.

navelike (English): Resembling or characteristic of a nave

Definitions

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a nave

Ancestry of “navelike”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishnaveThe middle or body of a church, extending from...
2Middle Englishnavenave
3Old Frenchnavienavy
4Latinnāvigia—
5Latinnāvigium—
6Latinnāvigō—
7Latinnāvis—
8Proto-Italicnaus—
9Germanhinausout
10Germanausout; over; finished; done; up; off
11Old High Germanūzout
12Proto-West Germanic*ūt—
13Proto-Germanicūtout, outward
14Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward
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