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Where does “naúfrago” come from?

naúfrago (Spanish) 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.

naúfrago (Spanish): shipwrecked; One who is shipwrecked

Definitions

  1. shipwrecked; One who is shipwrecked

Ancestry of “naúfrago”, 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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