The story
- Latin · derived fromnāvicula
- English todaypseudonavicula
From pseudo- + Latin nāvicula, diminutive of nāvis (“ship”). See navicular.
Words from the same roots
Latinnāvicula all →
navicularnavicula
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: One of the minute spindle-shaped embryos of gregarines and some other Protozoa. Full definition →