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NAVEL (O. Eng. nafela, a word common to Teutonic languages; of. Ger. Nobel, Swed. nafvel; the Sanskrit is nabhila; the English root is also seen in " nave," the hub of a wheel)

NAVEL (O. Eng. nafela, a word See also:
COMMON
common to See also:
TEUTONIC
TEUTONIC (GERMANIC) LANGUAGES
Teutonic See also:
LANGUAGES
languages; of. Ger. See also:
NOBEL, ALFRED BERNHARD (1833-1896)
Nobel, Swed. nafvel; the See also:
SANSKRIT
Sanskrit is nabhila; the See also:
ENGLISH
English See also:
ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )
root is also seen in " See also:
NAVE
nave," the hub of a See also:
WHEEL (0. Eng. hweol, hweohl, &c., cognate with Icel. hjol, Dan. hiul, the Indo-European root is seen in Sanskrit chakra, Gr. r in Aos, circle, whence " cycle ")
WHEEL, BREAKING ON THE
wheel) , in See also:

anatomy, the umbilicus (Gr . 6).i aXos), the depression in the See also:

ABDOMEN (a Latin word, either from abdere, to hide, or from a form adipomen, from adeps, fat)

abdomen which indicates the point through which the embryo mammal obtained nourishment from its See also:

MOTHER

mother (see ANATOMY: See also:

section Superficial and See also:

ARTISTIC

Artistic) .

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