Where does “navie” come from?
navie (Middle French) comes from Old French navie, from Latin nāvigia, from Latin nāvigium, from Latin nāvigō, from Latin nāvis, from Proto-Italic naus, from German hinaus, from German aus — out, outward.
navie (Middle French): navy
Definitions
- navy
Ancestry of “navie”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | navie | navy |
| 2 | Latin | nāvigia | — |
| 3 | Latin | nāvigium | vessel, ship, boat |
| 4 | Latin | nāvigō | to sail, navigate, seafare, embark |
| 5 | Latin | nāvis | ship, boat, vessel; a fleet in the plural |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | naus | — |
| 7 | German | hinaus | out |
| 8 | German | aus | out; over; finished; done; up; off |
| 9 | Old High German | ūz | out |
| 10 | Proto-West Germanic | *ūt | out, outward |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | ūt | out, outward |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | úd | out, outward |