nautic

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromναυτικός
2. Classical Latin · learned borrowing fromnauticus“of or relating to ships, seafaring”
3. Middle French · borrowed fromnautique“of or relating to sailors or navigation”
4. English todaynautic

A borrowing from Middle French nautique (“of or relating to sailors or navigation”) and a learned borrowing from its etymon, Classical Latin nauticus (“of or relating to ships, seafaring”), from Ancient Greek ναυτικός (nautikós), from ναύτης (naútēs, “sailor”) + -ικός (-ikós, adjectival suffix). Compare earlier nautical (likewise also used as a noun; compare Classical Latin nauticus (“sailor”)).

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