Where does “ashipboard” come from?
ashipboard (English) comes from English shipboard, from Middle English schip bord, from Middle English schip, from Old English sċip, from Proto-West Germanic skip, from Proto-Germanic skipą, from Proto-Indo-European sḱēy-, from Proto-Germanic skaidą — to cut, part, spearate, divide; to cut, part,...
ashipboard (English): on shipboard
Definitions
- on shipboard
Ancestry of “ashipboard”, step by step
ashipboard traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English shipboard
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | shipboard | Occurring or existing on board a ship; casual or... |
| 2 | Middle English | schip bord | The deck or interior of a ship |
| 3 | Middle English | schip | ship |
| 4 | Old English | sċip | ship |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | skip | ship |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | skipą | ship; hollow object |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱēy- | to shine; to shimmer; shadow; luster, gloss,... |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | skaidą | separation, distinction |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | skÁit- | to cut, part, spearate, divide; to cut, part,... |
via English A
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | A | The ordinal number first, derived from this... |
| 2 | English | AND | Alternative form of ∧, the conjunction operator;... |
| 3 | Middle English | and | and, and then; however, yet, but, though. while;... |
| 4 | Old English | and | and; even; also |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | andi | in addition, furthermore, and |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énti | opposite; near; in front |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énts | forehead; front |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ent- | face; forehead; front |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |