It is derived from the same Greek root (nautes) as 'nautical'. 'Nautes' applies to anything to do with ships or saling. So, an 'astronaut' is someone who has a ship that allows them to 'sail' through the stars (aster).
Those who were involved in the pioneer exploration of space, in the former Soviet Union, call their space travelers cosmonauts.
Αστροναύτης and αστροναύτισσα are Greek equivalents of the English word "astronaut." Context makes clear whether feminine (case 2) or masculine (example 1) gender suits for the English singular noun whose origins trace back to the merger of the Greek words ἄστρον (ástron, “star”) and ναύτης (naútēs, “sailor”). The respective pronunciations will be "A-stro-NAF-tees" in the masculine and "A-stro-NAF-tees-sa" in Aeginan Greek.
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to become an astronaut you have to be 2 years old
An astronaut. And it's spelt 'female'.
as-tro-naut
Astronauters
AS-tro-naut
The first syllable.
Words that contain the root word of naut are nautical, astronaut and astronauts.
astronaut=astro, region of stars, and naut, voyager
There are three syllables. As-tro-naut.
The root "naut" is not a suffix. It has the same meaning as the Greek root (ship, sailing), and the usual translation is "sailor" or "voyager."E.g. astronaut = astro + naut = "star voyager"
"Astronaut" has three syllables: As-tro-naut.
The word "astronaut" has three syllables. The word is divided as as-tro-naut.
it depends how you say it but mostly the u in naut
Voyager is a spacecraft launched by NASA in 1977 to study the outer planets. The word "naut" is a term derived from the Greek word for sailor, often used in combination with other words like "astronaut" or "aquanaut" to refer to those who travel in space or underwater.