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Where does “shorepound” come from?

shorepound (English) comes from English Pound, from Middle English pound, from Old English pund, from Proto-Germanic *pund, from Proto-Germanic pundą, from Latin pondus, from Proto-Italic pondos, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pénd-os — to stretch.

shorepound (English): A dangerous condition, due to high tide or larger...

Definitions

  1. A dangerous condition, due to high tide or larger...

Ancestry of “shorepound”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishPound—
2Middle EnglishpoundA measurement for weight, most notably the Tower...
3Old Englishpundpound
4Proto-Germanic*pund—
5Proto-Germanicpundąpound
6Latinpondusweight; weight of a pound; heaviness, weight of a...
7Proto-Italicpondos—
8Proto-Indo-European(s)pénd-os—
9Proto-Indo-European(s)pend-to stretch
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