Where does “ship” come from?
Ship comes from Middle English ship, Old English scipian, Old English sċippan, and Proto-Indo-European roots skeyb-, skēy-, and ultimately sek-, meaning to cut or divide.
ship (English): A water-borne vessel generally larger than a...
Definitions
- A water-borne vessel generally larger than a...
Ancestry of “ship”, step by step
ship traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English relationship
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | relationship | Connection or association; the condition of being... |
| 2 | English | relation | The manner in which two things may be associated;... |
| 3 | Middle English | relacion | — |
| 4 | Old French | relacion | — |
| 5 | Latin | relātiō | carrying or bringing back |
| 6 | Latin | referō | to bear, bring, drive, or carry back, off, or away |
| 7 | Latin | rĕ- | back, backwards |
| 8 | Latin | prōdūcō | to lead or bring forth, forward or out |
| 9 | Latin | prō- | forward direction, forward movement |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via Middle English schip
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | schip | ship |
| 2 | Old English | sċip | ship |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | skip | ship |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | skipą | ship; hollow object |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱēy- | to shine; to shimmer; shadow; luster, gloss,... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | skaidą | separation, distinction |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | skÁit- | to cut, part, spearate, divide; to cut, part,... |