Where does “navicular” come from?
Navicular comes from Middle French naviculaire, from Late Latin navicularis, from Latin navicula meaning small ship, derived from navis meaning ship, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European néh₂us meaning to swim or flow.
navicular (English): Shaped like a boat; Relating to boats; A...
Definitions
- Shaped like a boat; Relating to boats; A...
Ancestry of “navicular”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | naviculaire | — |
| 2 | Latin | nāviculāris | Of, or relating to shipping |
| 3 | Latin | nāvicula | a small ship |
| 4 | Latin | nāvis | ship, boat, vessel; a fleet in the plural |
| 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 |