Where does “navigate” come from?

navigate (Latin) comes from Latin navigatus, from Latin navigo, from Latin navis, from Proto-Italic naus, from German hinaus, from German aus, from Old High German ūz, from Proto-West Germanic *ūt — out, outward.

navigate (Latin): second-person plural present active imperative of...

Definitions

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of...

Ancestry of “navigate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinnavigatussailed, having been sailed, navigated, having...
2LatinnavigoI sail, navigate, seafare
3Latinnavisi-stem; ship; nave
4Proto-Italicnaus
5Germanhinausout
6Germanausout; over; finished; done; up; off
7Old High Germanūzout
8Proto-West Germanic*ūtout, outward
9Proto-Germanicūtout, outward
10Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward
Every word from Proto-Indo-European údEvery word from Proto-Germanic ūtEvery word from Proto-West Germanic *ūt