Where does “naufragus” come from?

naufragus (Latin) comes 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, from Proto-Indo-European úd — out, outward.

naufragus (Latin): shipwrecked, wrecked; that causes shipwreck,...

Definitions

  1. shipwrecked, wrecked; that causes shipwreck,...

Ancestry of “naufragus”, step by step

naufragus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin nāvis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinnāvisship, boat, vessel; a fleet in the plural
2Proto-Italicnaus—
3Germanhinausout
4Germanausout; over; finished; done; up; off
5Old High Germanūzout
6Proto-West Germanic*ūtout, outward
7Proto-Germanicūtout, outward
8Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward

via Latin frangō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfrangōto break, shatter
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrēǵ-to shine, shimmer

Words derived from “naufragus”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European úd →Every word from Proto-Germanic ūt →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *ūt →