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Where does “náufrago” come from?

náufrago (Portuguese) comes from Latin naufragus, 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 — out, outward.

náufrago (Portuguese): castaway; shipwrecked; castaway

Definitions

  1. castaway; shipwrecked; castaway

Ancestry of “náufrago”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinnaufragusshipwrecked, wrecked; that causes shipwreck,...
2Latinnāvis—
3Proto-Italicnaus—
4Germanhinausout
5Germanausout; over; finished; done; up; off
6Old High Germanūzout
7Proto-West Germanic*ūt—
8Proto-Germanicūtout, outward
9Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward
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