Where does “navo” come from?

navo (Ido) comes from English nave, from Middle English nave, from Old French navie, from Latin nāvigia, from Latin nāvigium, from Latin nāvigō, from Latin nāvis, from Proto-Italic naus — out, outward.

navo (Ido): ship; nave

Definitions

  1. ship; nave

Ancestry of “navo”, step by step

navo traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via English nave

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishnaveThe middle or body of a church, extending from...
2Middle Englishnavenave hub of a wheel
3Old Frenchnavienavy
4Latinnāvigia
5Latinnāvigiumvessel, ship, boat
6Latinnāvigōto sail, navigate, seafare, embark
7Latinnāvisship, boat, vessel; a fleet in the plural
8Proto-Italicnaus
9Germanhinausout
10Germanausout; over; finished; done; up; off
11Old High Germanūzout
12Proto-West Germanic*ūtout, outward
13Proto-Germanicūtout, outward
14Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward

via French nèf

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchnèfvessel, ship
2Middle Frenchnefboat; ship; watercraft
3Old Frenchnefboat; ship; watercraft
4Latinnāpusturnip, field mustard (Brassica rapa)
5Ancient Greekνᾶπυmustard
6Demoticsnwpt

via Spanish nave

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishnaveship, vessel
2Old SpanishnafApocopic form of naue

Words derived from “navo

Every word from Proto-Indo-European údEvery word from Proto-Germanic ūtEvery word from Proto-West Germanic *ūt