Where does “Anchorage” come from?
Anchorage derives from English anchor, from Dutch anker, from Latin ancora, from Ancient Greek ἄγκυρα, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots meaning to bend or curve.
Ancestry of “Anchorage”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | anchor | A tool used to moor a vessel to the bottom of a... |
| 2 | Middle English | anker | anchor |
| 3 | Old English | ancor | anchor |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *ankurō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | ankurô | anchor |
| 6 | Latin | ancōra | — |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | Ἄγκυρα | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ang- | joint; corner, hirn; joint; lith |
Words derived from “Anchorage”