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Where does “circumnavigare” come from?

circumnavigare (Italian) comes from Latin circumnāvigāre, from Latin nāvigō, from Latin nāvis, from Proto-Italic naus, from German hinaus, from German aus, from Old High German ūz, from Proto-West Germanic *ūt — out, outward.

circumnavigare (Italian): to circumnavigate, encompass

Definitions

  1. to circumnavigate, encompass

Ancestry of “circumnavigare”, step by step

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