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-Velum- is certainly of Latin origin; so is -malus-, especially as that term denotes not merely the mast, but the tree in general: -antenna- likewise may come from -- ana-- (-anhelare-, -antestari-), and -tendere- = -supertensa-.

Of Greek origin, on the other hand, are -gubenare-, to steer (-- kubernan--); -ancora-, anchor (-- agkura--); -prora-, ship's bow (-- prora--); -aplustre-, ship's stern (-- aphlaston--); -anquina-, the rope fastening the yards (-- agkoina--); -nausea-, sea-sickness (-- nausia--).

The four chief winds of the ancients- -aquilo-, the "eagle-wind," the north-easterly Tramontana; -voltumus- (of uncertain derivation, perhaps the "vulture-wind"), the south-easterly; -auster- the "scorching" southwest wind, the Sirocco; -favonius-, the "favourable" north-west wind blowing from the Tyrrhene Sea--have indigenous names bearing no reference to navigation; but all the other Latin names for winds are Greek (such as -eurus-, -notus-), or translations from the Greek (e.g.

-solanus- = -- apelioteis--, -Africus- = -- lips--).
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