Where does “speedboat” come from?
Speedboat derives from English speed and English boat, with boat tracing back through Middle English boot and Old English bāt to Latin buttis and ultimately Proto-Indo-European bʰeyd-.
speedboat (English): A fast boat, usually small; A boat designed and...
Definitions
- A fast boat, usually small; A boat designed and...
Ancestry of “speedboat”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | Speed | — |
| 2 | Middle English | sped | good fortune |
| 3 | Old English | spēd | success; luck, prosperity, success |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | spōdi | hurry, rush; success, prosperity |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | spōan | to succeed, prosper |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | spōaną | to prosper, succeed, be happy |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | spéh₁- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | speh₁- | to succeed, to prosper |
Words derived from “speedboat”