Where does “corvette” come from?

Corvette comes from French corvette, from Dutch korf, from Middle Dutch corf, from Old Dutch korf, from Proto-West Germanic korb, from Proto-Germanic kurbaz, from Proto-Germanic krebô.

corvette (English): A flush-decked warship of the 17th-18th centuries...

Definitions

  1. A flush-decked warship of the 17th-18th centuries...

Ancestry of “corvette”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcorvettecorvette
2Middle Dutchkorf—
3Latincorbisbasket; basketful
4Proto-West Germanickorbbasket
5Proto-Germanickurbaz—
6Proto-Germanickrebôbasket
7Proto-Indo-Europeangerbʰ-to carve
8Proto-Indo-Europeanger-to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
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