Where does “unnavigatable” come from?
unnavigatable (English) comes from English navigatable, from English navigate, from Latin nāvigātus, from Latin nāvigō, from Latin nāvis, from Proto-Italic naus, from German hinaus, from German aus — out, outward.
Ancestry of “unnavigatable”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | navigatable | Navigable |
| 2 | English | navigate | To plan, control and record the position and... |
| 3 | Latin | nāvigātus | sailed, having been sailed, navigated, having been navigated, travelled, having been travelled |
| 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 |