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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

  1. ship

Ancestry of “navire”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchnavireship
2Old Frenchnavirie—
3Vulgar Latinnavilium—
4Latinnāvigium—
5Latinnāvigō—
6Latinnāvis—
7Proto-Italicnaus—
8Germanhinausout
9Germanausout; over; finished; done; up; off
10Old High Germanūzout
11Proto-West Germanic*ūt—
12Proto-Germanicūtout, outward
13Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward
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