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Where does “docking” come from?

Docking derives from English dock, from Middle English dock, from Middle Dutch docke, from Old English docce, from Proto-Indo-European dʰew-.

docking (English): present participle of dock; The process of...

Definitions

  1. present participle of dock; The process of...

Ancestry of “docking”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdockAny of the genus "Rumex" of coarse weedy plants...
2Dutchdokdock
3Middle Dutchdockea doll; channel
4Italiandocciashower; drainpipe; plaster cast
5Italiandoccionespout ; gargoyle
6Latinductiō—
7Latin-tiō—
8Latindissertātiō—
9Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
10Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
11Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
12Latincalceusshoe
13Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
14Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble

Words derived from “docking”

  • redocking
  • nondocking
  • autodocking
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