English

internaval

From inter- + naval.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér ‘between’

Proto-Italic *n̥ter ‘between’

Latin inter ‘between’

Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₂- ‘to swim’

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Latin nāvis ‘ship, boat, vessel’

Latin nāvālis

Middle French naval

Middle English naval

English naval

Today it means

adj Between navies.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / internaval