Where does “navire” come from?
navire (French) comes from Middle French navire, from Old French navirie, from Vulgar Latin navilium, from Latin nāvigium, from Latin nāvigō, from Latin nāvis, from Proto-Italic naus, from German hinaus — out, outward.
navire (French): ship
Definitions
- ship
Ancestry of “navire”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | navire | ship |
| 2 | Old French | navirie | — |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | navilium | — |
| 4 | Latin | nāvigium | vessel, ship, boat |
| 5 | Latin | nāvigō | to sail, navigate, seafare, embark |
| 6 | Latin | nāvis | ship, boat, vessel; a fleet in the plural |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | naus | — |
| 8 | German | hinaus | out |
| 9 | German | aus | out; over; finished; done; up; off |
| 10 | Old High German | ūz | out |
| 11 | Proto-West Germanic | *ūt | out, outward |
| 12 | Proto-Germanic | ūt | out, outward |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | úd | out, outward |