Etymograph

English

nave

Nave comes from Latin nāvem.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnāvem
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1918nave

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history not traced here.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnāvem
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1918nave

Earliest quotation: 1918, William Babington Maxwell, Indianapolis: “Then everybody once more knelt, and soon the blessing…”

Linked words

through Latin nāvem

nef, 2 more

Another origin of nave

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃nebʰ-‘navel, hub’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*nabō‘nave, hub’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*nabu‘nave, hub’reconstructed
  4. Old Englishc. 450–1150nafu‘nave (of wheel), hub’
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500nave
  6. Englishtodaysame form

Today it means

noun The middle or body of a church, extending from the transepts to the principal entrances.

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

Etymograph / Latin nāvem / nave

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