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Where does “navigo” come from?

navigo (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.

Ancestry of “navigo”, step by step

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