nave

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It is most probably called the nave from the Latin _navis_, signifying a ship, the same word from which we get our English "navy" and "naval."

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  1. noun The central part of a church, extending from the narthex to the chancel and flanked by aisles.
  2. noun The hub of a wheel.

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  1. Medieval Latin nāvis, from Latin, ship (from its shape); see nāu- in Indo-European roots.
  2. Middle English, from Old English nafu; see nobh- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English nave, nafe, from Anglo-Saxon nafu = Middle Dutch nave, Dutch nave, naaf, ave, aaf = Middle Low German Low German nave = Old High German naba, Middle High German G. nabe = Icelandic nöf = Swedish naf = Danish nav (= Gothic (Moesogothic) *naba, not recorded), nave, = Lett, naba, navel, = Persian nāf, navel, = Sanskrit nābhi (later Hind, nābh, nābhī), nave, navel, center, boss, nābhya, nave; cf. Latin umbo (n-) (for*unbo (n-), *nobo (n-)?), boss; Sanskritnabh, burst forth. Hence navel, q. v., and orig. nauger, now auger.
  2. from Old French nave, French nef = Provencal nau = Spanish nave = Portuguese náo, nau = Italian nave, a ship, a nave of a church, from L, navis, a ship, Middle Latin also nave of a church, = Greek ναῦς = Sanskrit nau, a ship, = English snow, a ship. From Latin navis are also ult. naval, navigate, navy, etc.; from Greek ναῦς are nautic, nautical, nausea, nauseous, nautilus, etc.
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