-naut

English

suffix

Definitions

Forms nouns meaning a voyager, farer, or tripper

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ναύτης (sailor, seaman).

Origin

Ancient Greek

ναύτης

Gloss

sailor, seaman

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

taikonaut English
nauta Latin
taikonauta Spanish, Castilian
ναυτικός Ancient Greek
ναύτης Ancient Greek
ναῦς Ancient Greek
نوتي Arabic
taikonauta Catalan, Valencian
ναυτία Greek (modern)
ναύτης Greek (modern)
ܢܘܛܐ Classical Syriac

taikonaut