nef
Middle French
noun
Definitions
- boat; ship; watercraft
Etymology
Inherited from Old French nef (turnip) inherited from Latin nāvis, navis, nāvem.
Origin
Latin
nāvis, navis, nāvem
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- nave English
- nef English
- napus Latin
- nāvis Latin
- nāvis, navis, nāvem Latin
- nave Italian
- astronef French
- aéronef French
- navet French
- nef French
- *néh₂us Proto-Indo-European
- nef Old French
- nau Catalan, Valencian
- nave Galician
- naie Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- navet Norman
- nau Occitan
- nave Asturian
- nâf Friulian
- naue, naf Old Spanish
- nev Breton