Where does “navette” come from?
navette (English) comes from French navette, from Latin nāvis, from Proto-Italic naus, from German hinaus, from German aus, from Old High German ūz, from Proto-West Germanic *ūt, from Proto-Germanic ūt — out, outward.
navette (English): A shuttle bus in France; A kind of grape that...
Definitions
- A shuttle bus in France; A kind of grape that...
Ancestry of “navette”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | navette | shuttle; first-person singular present indicative... |
| 2 | Latin | nāvis | — |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | naus | — |
| 4 | German | hinaus | out |
| 5 | German | aus | out; over; finished; done; up; off |
| 6 | Old High German | ūz | out |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | *ūt | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | ūt | out, outward |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | úd | out, outward |