Latin

nāvis

‘ship’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin nāvis.

14 English words in this record descend from Latin nāvis, most familiar first.

• navy ← nave ← navie ← nāvigia ← nāvigō
• naval ← nāvālis
• navigation ← nāvigātiōnem ← nāvigātiō ← nāvigō
• navigate ← nāvigātus ← nāvigō
• navigator ← nāvigō
• navigable ← navigabilis ← nāvigō
• nao ← nau ← nau
• nau
• nacelle ← nacele ← naucella
• navicular ← naviculaire ← nāviculāris ← nāvicula
• navicula
• innavigable ← innāvigābilis ← nāvigābilis ← nāvigō

More words from nāvis

• naviform
• pseudonavicula

Etymograph / Latin nāvis