Where does “aeronavă” come from?
aeronavă (Romanian) comes from Romanian navă, from Italian nave, from Latin nāvis, from Proto-Italic naus, from German hinaus, from German aus, from Old High German ūz, from Proto-West Germanic *ūt — out, outward.
aeronavă (Romanian): aircraft (machine capable of atmospheric flight)
Definitions
- aircraft (machine capable of atmospheric flight)
Ancestry of “aeronavă”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | navă | ship |
| 2 | Italian | nave | ship |
| 3 | Latin | nāvis | ship, boat, vessel; a fleet in the plural |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | naus | — |
| 5 | German | hinaus | out |
| 6 | German | aus | out; over; finished; done; up; off |
| 7 | Old High German | ūz | out |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | *ūt | out, outward |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | ūt | out, outward |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | úd | out, outward |