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

navelike traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English nave

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishnaveThe middle or body of a church, extending from...
2Middle Englishnavenave hub of a wheel
3Old Frenchnavienavy
4Latinnāvigia
5Latinnāvigiumvessel, ship, boat
6Latinnāvigōto sail, navigate, seafare, embark
7Latinnāvisship, boat, vessel; a fleet in the plural
8Proto-Italicnaus
9Germanhinausout
10Germanausout; over; finished; done; up; off
11Old High Germanūzout
12Proto-West Germanic*ūtout, outward
13Proto-Germanicūtout, outward
14Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward

via English like

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlikeTo enjoy, be pleased by; favor; be in favor of;...
2Dutchluikhatch; shutter; panel, as in a triptych
3Middle Dutchluke
4Dutchluikento close, to shut
5Middle Dutchlukento close, to shut; to close, to become closed
6Old Dutchlūcanto close, shut
7Proto-West Germaniclūkanto close, to shut
8Proto-Germaniclūkanąto close, to shut; Alternative form of *leukaną
9Proto-Indo-Europeanlewǵ-to break, tear; to break, shatter
Every word from Proto-Indo-European údEvery word from Proto-Germanic ūtEvery word from Proto-West Germanic *ūt
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