Where does “navigație” come from?

navigație (Romanian) comes from French navigation, from Middle French navigation, from Latin nāvigātiō, from Latin nāvigō, from Latin nāvis, from Proto-Italic naus, from German hinaus, from German aus — out, outward.

navigație (Romanian): navigation

Definitions

  1. navigation

Ancestry of “navigație”, step by step

navigație traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French navigation

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchnavigationnavigation
2Middle Frenchnavigation—
3LatinnāvigātiōThe act of sailing or voyaging; voyage, navigation
4Latinnāvigōto sail, navigate, seafare, embark
5Latinnāvisship, boat, vessel; a fleet in the plural
6Proto-Italicnaus—
7Germanhinausout
8Germanausout; over; finished; done; up; off
9Old High Germanūzout
10Proto-West Germanic*ūtout, outward
11Proto-Germanicūtout, outward
12Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward

via Italian navigazione

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiannavigazionenavigation, shipping; surfing
2Italiannavigareto sail, to go to sea; to sail, to navigate; to...
3Frenchnaviguerto navigate; to sail; to browse
4Latinnāvigāre—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European úd →Every word from Proto-Germanic ūt →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *ūt →