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Where does “moonpool” come from?

moonpool (English) comes from English moon, from Middle English mone, from Old English mān, from Sanskrit महादेव, from Sanskrit महा, from Sanskrit महायान, from Sanskrit यान, from Proto-Indo-Aryan yáHnam — to go; to go in, enter; to ride, to travel.

moonpool (English): An opening in the hull of a ship allowing direct...

Definitions

  1. An opening in the hull of a ship allowing direct...

Ancestry of “moonpool”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmoonAny natural satellite of a planet; A month,...
2Middle EnglishmoneA lamentation; A moan, complaint; The celestial...
3Old Englishmānbad, criminal, false; shameful act; crime;...
4Sanskritमहादेव—
5Sanskritमहाcombining form of महत्; buffalo; great, large,...
6Sanskritमहायान—
7Sanskritयानcarriage, vehicle, mode of transport; moving,...
8Proto-Indo-AryanyáHnam—
9Proto-Indo-IranianyáHnam—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanyéh₂-nom—
11Proto-Indo-Europeanyeh₂-to go; to go in, enter; to ride, to travel
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