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navegador.

navigating

9 characters4 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

adj/na.ve.ɡaˈdoʁ/Brazil[na.ve.ɡaˈdoh]Brazil/na.ve.ɡaˈdoɾ/São-Paulo/na.ve.ɡaˈdoʁ/Rio-de-Janeiro

  1. navigating

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *néh₂us Proto-Italic [Term?] Latin nāvis Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ōder. Latin -igō Latin nāvigō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin nāvigātōremlbor. English navigatorsl. Portuguese navegador Learned borrowing from Latin nāvigātōrem, from nāvigō (“to sail, to navigate”). By surface analysis, navegar + -dor. Noun 2 sense 1 and noun 2 sense 2 are semantic loans from English navigator, likely influenced by DOS Navigator and Netscape Navigator.

noun/na.ve.ɡaˈdoʁ/Brazil[na.ve.ɡaˈdoh]Brazil/na.ve.ɡaˈdoɾ/São-Paulo/na.ve.ɡaˈdoʁ/Rio-de-Janeiro

  1. navigator; sailor

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *néh₂us Proto-Italic [Term?] Latin nāvis Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ōder. Latin -igō Latin nāvigō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin nāvigātōremlbor. English navigatorsl. Portuguese navegador Learned borrowing from Latin nāvigātōrem, from nāvigō (“to sail, to navigate”). By surface analysis, navegar + -dor. Noun 2 sense 1 and noun 2 sense 2 are semantic loans from English navigator, likely influenced by DOS Navigator and Netscape Navigator.

noun/na.ve.ɡaˈdoʁ/Brazil[na.ve.ɡaˈdoh]Brazil/na.ve.ɡaˈdoɾ/São-Paulo/na.ve.ɡaˈdoʁ/Rio-de-Janeiro

  1. browser (software component capable of rendering HTML)

    masculine

  2. explorer (visual representation of a file system)

    dated · masculine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *néh₂us Proto-Italic [Term?] Latin nāvis Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ōder. Latin -igō Latin nāvigō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin nāvigātōremlbor. English navigatorsl. Portuguese navegador Learned borrowing from Latin nāvigātōrem, from nāvigō (“to sail, to navigate”). By surface analysis, navegar + -dor. Noun 2 sense 1 and noun 2 sense 2 are semantic loans from English navigator, likely influenced by DOS Navigator and Netscape Navigator.

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