Where does “navigare” come from?
navigare (Italian) comes 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, from Proto-Germanic ūt — out, outward.
navigare (Italian): to sail, to go to sea; to sail, to navigate; to...
Definitions
- to sail, to go to sea; to sail, to navigate; to...
Ancestry of “navigare”, step by step
navigare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin nāvigō
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | nāvigō | to sail, navigate, seafare, embark |
| 2 | Latin | nāvis | ship, boat, vessel; a fleet in the plural |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | naus | — |
| 4 | German | hinaus | out |
| 5 | German | aus | out; over; finished; done; up; off |
| 6 | Old High German | ūz | out |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | *ūt | out, outward |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | ūt | out, outward |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | úd | out, outward |