Where does “anchor” come from?
Anchor comes from Dutch anker, from Latin ancora, from Ancient Greek ἄγκυρα, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ang-.
anchor (English): A tool used to moor a vessel to the bottom of a...
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- A tool used to moor a vessel to the bottom of a...
Ancestry of “anchor”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | anker | anchor |
| 2 | Old English | ancor | anchor |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *ankurō | anchor |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | ankurô | anchor |
| 5 | Latin | ancōra | anchor (tool to keep a vessel from drifting) |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | Ἄγκυρα | Ancyra; Angora; Ankara, Turkey |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ang- | joint; corner, hirn; joint; lith |
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