Where does “nevi” come from?
nevi (Tok Pisin) comes from English Navy, from Middle English nave, from Old French navie, from Latin nāvigia, from Latin nāvigium, from Latin nāvigō, from Latin nāvis, from Proto-Italic naus — out, outward.
nevi (Tok Pisin): navy
Ancestry of “nevi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | Navy | — |
| 2 | Middle English | nave | nave |
| 3 | Old French | navie | navy |
| 4 | Latin | nāvigia | — |
| 5 | Latin | nāvigium | — |
| 6 | Latin | nāvigō | — |
| 7 | Latin | nāvis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | naus | — |
| 9 | German | hinaus | out |
| 10 | German | aus | out; over; finished; done; up; off |
| 11 | Old High German | ūz | out |
| 12 | Proto-West Germanic | *ūt | — |
| 13 | Proto-Germanic | ūt | out, outward |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | úd | out, outward |