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Where does “navaliser” come from?

navaliser (French) comes from French naval, from Middle French naval, from Latin nāvālis, from Latin nāvis, from Proto-Italic naus, from German hinaus, from German aus, from Old High German ūz — out, outward.

navaliser (French): To convert a vessel for military use

Definitions

  1. To convert a vessel for military use

Ancestry of “navaliser”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchnavalnaval
2Middle Frenchnaval—
3Latinnāvālis—
4Latinnāvis—
5Proto-Italicnaus—
6Germanhinausout
7Germanausout; over; finished; done; up; off
8Old High Germanūzout
9Proto-West Germanic*ūt—
10Proto-Germanicūtout, outward
11Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward
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