Where does “navigate” come from?
navigate (Italian) comes from Italian navigare, 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.
navigate (Italian): second-person plural present indicative of...
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- second-person plural present indicative of...
Ancestry of “navigate”, step by step
navigate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian navigare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | navigare | to sail, to go to sea; to sail, to navigate; to... |
| 2 | Latin | nāvigō | to sail, navigate, seafare, embark |
| 3 | Latin | nāvis | ship, boat, vessel; a fleet in the plural |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | naus | — |
| 5 | German | hinaus | out |
| 6 | German | aus | out; over; finished; done; up; off |
| 7 | Old High German | ūz | out |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | *ūt | out, outward |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | ūt | out, outward |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | úd | out, outward |
via Italian navigato
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | navigato | past participle of navigare; experienced; expert |