Where does “Anchorage” come from?
Anchorage (French) comes from English Anchorage, from English anchor, from Middle English anker, from Old English ancor, from Proto-West Germanic *ankurō, from Proto-Germanic ankurô, from Latin ancōra, from Ancient Greek Ἄγκυρα — joint; corner, hirn; joint; lith.
Ancestry of “Anchorage”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Anchorage | A harbor, river, or offshore area that can accommodate a ship at anchor, either for quarantine, queuing, or discharge |
| 2 | English | anchor | A tool used to moor a vessel to the bottom of a... |
| 3 | Middle English | anker | anchor |
| 4 | Old English | ancor | anchor |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *ankurō | anchor |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | ankurô | anchor |
| 7 | Latin | ancōra | anchor (tool to keep a vessel from drifting) |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | Ἄγκυρα | Ancyra; Angora; Ankara, Turkey |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ang- | joint; corner, hirn; joint; lith |