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Where does “nave” come from?

nave (Spanish) comes from Old Spanish naf, 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.

nave (Spanish): ship vessel; craft, spaceship, spacecraft ,...

Definitions

  1. ship vessel; craft, spaceship, spacecraft ,...

Ancestry of “nave”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old SpanishnafApocopic form of naue
2Latinnāvis—
3Proto-Italicnaus—
4Germanhinausout
5Germanausout; over; finished; done; up; off
6Old High Germanūzout
7Proto-West Germanic*ūt—
8Proto-Germanicūtout, outward
9Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward

Words derived from “nave”

  • astronave
  • cosmonave
  • aeronave
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