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Where does “navigableness” come from?

navigableness (English) comes from English navigable, from Middle French navigable, from Latin navigabilis, from Latin nāvigō, from Latin nāvis, from Proto-Italic naus, from German hinaus, from German aus — out, outward.

navigableness (English): Quality of being navigable

Definitions

  1. Quality of being navigable

Ancestry of “navigableness”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishnavigableCapable of being navigated; deep enough and wide...
2Middle Frenchnavigable—
3Latinnavigabilis—
4Latinnāvigō—
5Latinnāvis—
6Proto-Italicnaus—
7Germanhinausout
8Germanausout; over; finished; done; up; off
9Old High Germanūzout
10Proto-West Germanic*ūt—
11Proto-Germanicūtout, outward
12Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward
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