Ancient Greek word root · Motion & Action
naut-: sailor, ship
naut- is an Ancient Greek root meaning “sailor, ship”. Learn its variants and explore 2 connected words.
Meaning and variants
Meaning: sailor, ship
Root forms: naut-, nauti-, -naut
Source word: ναύτης — sailor; seaman
Word family and examples
- astronaut
a person trained to travel in a spacecraft
- cosmonaut
An astronaut, especially a Russian or Soviet one.
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