The story
- Latin · derived fromnāpus“turnip, rapeseed, etc”
- Medieval Latin · derived fromnāpellus
- Old French · derived fromnaveau
- Middle French · borrowed fromnaveau
- English todaynavew
From Middle French naveau, navel, from Old French naveau, navel, from Medieval Latin nāpellus, a diminutive of Latin nāpus (“turnip, rapeseed, etc”).
Words from the same roots
Latinnāpus all →
turnipneepnapiform
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.