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Where does “gunship” come from?

Gunship derives from English gun and English ship, ultimately tracing through Old English sċippan to Proto-Indo-European roots meaning to cut or divide.

gunship (English): A ship equipped with heavy artillery; An armed...

Definitions

  1. A ship equipped with heavy artillery; An armed...

Ancestry of “gunship”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishshipA water-borne vessel generally larger than a...
2EnglishrelationshipConnection or association; the condition of being...
3EnglishrelationThe manner in which two things may be associated;...
4Middle Englishrelacion—
5Old Frenchrelacion—
6Latinrelātiō—
7Latinreferō—
8Latinrĕ-—
9Latinprōdūcō—
10Latinprō-—
11Proto-Italic*pro-—
12Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
13Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
14Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
15Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
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