argonaut

adventurer or member of Jason's mythical crew

Root

  • naut: sailor or voyager

Other words with the naut root

  • aeronaut: air traveler or balloonist
  • astronaut: space traveler
  • cosmonaut: space traveler especially in the Russian tradition
  • nautical: relating to sailors ships or sea travel
  • nautilus: a sea mollusk with a spiral shell

The Argonauts were sailors of the Argo. The naut root keeps the voyage at the center.

Calling the startup team argonauts made the project sound like a mythic voyage.

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