Where does “pipelay” come from?
pipelay (English) comes from English pipelaying, from English laying, from English lay, from English Lee, from Irish Laoi, from Middle Irish láed, from English loid, from English celluloid.
pipelay (English): The laying of pipes or a pipeline
Definitions
- The laying of pipes or a pipeline
Ancestry of “pipelay”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | pipelaying | The laying of pipes or a pipeline |
| 2 | English | laying | present participle of lay |
| 3 | English | lay | To place down in a position of rest, or in a... |
| 4 | English | Lee | — |
| 5 | Irish | Laoi | — |
| 6 | Middle Irish | láed | — |
| 7 | English | loid | A lock-picking tool made from a piece of... |
| 8 | English | celluloid | Any of a variety of thermoplastics created from... |
| 9 | English | cellulose | A complex carbohydrate that forms the main... |
| 10 | French | cellulose | cellulose |
| 11 | French | cellule | cell; table cell |
| 12 | Latin | cellula | small room, especially that of a slave; humble... |
| 13 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 14 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 15 | Proto-Italic | -elos | — |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |