Where does “navigational” come from?
Navigational derives from English navigation, from Latin navigatio (the act of sailing), from Latin navigo (to sail), from Latin ago (to drive or lead).
navigational (English): Pertaining to navigation
Definitions
- Pertaining to navigation
Ancestry of “navigational”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | navigation | The theory, practice and technology of charting a... |
| 2 | Middle French | navigation | — |
| 3 | Latin | nāvigātiō | The act of sailing or voyaging; voyage, navigation |
| 4 | Latin | nāvigō | to sail, navigate, seafare, embark |
| 5 | Latin | nāvis | ship, boat, vessel; a fleet in the plural |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | naus | — |
| 7 | German | hinaus | out |
| 8 | German | aus | out; over; finished; done; up; off |
| 9 | Old High German | ūz | out |
| 10 | Proto-West Germanic | *ūt | out, outward |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | ūt | out, outward |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | úd | out, outward |