Where does “onshore” come from?
Onshore derives from English on and English shore, with shore tracing back through Japanese 音, Proto-Indo-European wen-, and Proto-Indo-European óynos and aukw-, ultimately referring to sound or water-related concepts.
onshore (English): moving from the sea towards the land: "an onshore...
Definitions
- moving from the sea towards the land: "an onshore...
Ancestry of “onshore”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | on | In the state of being active, functioning or... |
| 2 | Middle English | on | on, in; on; Alternative form of oon |
| 3 | Old English | on | on, in, at, among; from |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | ana | on |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *an | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | ana | on, at; on, onto; ana |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |