Where does “shipboard” come from?
Shipboard comes from English ship combined with English board, meaning a plank or flat surface used in construction or as part of a ship's structure.
shipboard (English): Occurring or existing on board a ship; casual or...
Definitions
- Occurring or existing on board a ship; casual or...
Ancestry of “shipboard”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | schip bord | The deck or interior of a ship |
| 2 | Middle English | schip | ship |
| 3 | Old English | sċip | ship |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | skip | ship |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | skipą | ship; hollow object |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱēy- | to shine; to shimmer; shadow; luster, gloss,... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | skaidą | separation, distinction |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | skÁit- | to cut, part, spearate, divide; to cut, part,... |