"causing shipwreck," 1610s, with -ous + naufrage, naufragie "a shipwreck" (early 15c.), from Latin naufragium "a shipwreck," from stems of navis "ship" (from PIE root *nau- "boat") + -fragus, from root of frangere "to break" (from PIE root *bhreg- "to break")
naturalness
nature
naturist
naturopathy
*nau-
naufragous
Naugahyde
naught
naughty
Nauru
nausea