astronautics

See also: astronàutics

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs-

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr

Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr

Proto-Hellenic *astḗr

Ancient Greek ἀστήρ (astḗr)

Ancient Greek ἄστρον (ástron)der.

French astro-

Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-us

Proto-Indo-European *néh₂us

Ancient Greek ναῦς (naûs)

Proto-Indo-European *-tósder.

Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)

Ancient Greek ναύτης (naútēs)der.

French -naute

French astronaute

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Indo-European *-ikos

Proto-Italic *-ikos

Latin -icuslbor.

Old French -ique

Middle French -ique

French -ique

French astronautique

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Old French -iquebor.

Middle English -ik

English -ic

Old English -as

Middle English -es

English -s

English -ics

English astronautics

From French astronautique (“astronautics”) + English -ics. By surface analysis, astro- (“space”) + nautics (“navigation”).

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Noun

astronautics (uncountable)

1. Navigation through space.
2. The science and technology of space flight.

   Hypernym: aerospace

Derived terms

• bioastronautics

Related terms

• aeronautics
• astronaut
• astronautic
• astronautical

Translations

navigation through space

• Arabic: مِلَاحَة فَضَائِيَّة f (milāḥa faḍāʔiyya)
• Bulgarian: космона́втика f (kosmonávtika), астрона́втика f (astronávtika)
• Catalan: astronàutica f
• Finnish: astronautiikka
• Georgian: ასტრონავტიკა (asṭronavṭiḳa)
• Hindi: अंतरिक्षयानिकी f (antrikṣayānikī)
• Hungarian: űrhajózás (hu), űrrepülés (hu)
• Portuguese: astronáutica (pt) f
• Romanian: astronautică (ro) f
• Russian: космона́втика (ru) f (kosmonávtika), астрона́втика (ru) f (astronávtika)
• Sindhi: نجم جُوئِي (najim juī)
• Spanish: astronáutica (es) f

science and technology of spaceflight

• Arabic: مِلَاحَة الْفَضَاء f (milāḥat al-faḍāʔ)
• Bulgarian: космона́втика f (kosmonávtika), астрона́втика f (astronávtika)
• Czech: kosmonautika f
• Dutch: ruimtevaart (nl)
• Finnish: astronautiikka
• German: Raumfahrt (de) f
• Greek: αστροναυτική (el) f (astronaftikí)
• Hindi: अंतरिक्षयानिकी f (antrikṣayānikī)
• Hungarian: asztronautika (hu), űrhajózás (hu)
• Polish: astronautyka (pl) f, kosmonautyka f
• Portuguese: astronáutica (pt) f
• Russian: космона́втика (ru) f (kosmonávtika), астрона́втика (ru) f (astronávtika)
• Sindhi: نجم جُوئيات (najim juiyāt)
• Spanish: astronáutica (es) f
• Swedish: astronautik (sv) c

See also

• cosmonautics