Etymology

antiship

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Today it means: Designed to attack a naval ship. Full definition →

English ship ← Middle English schip ← Old English scip
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antiship · adjective1

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énti
  4. Ancient Greekᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́)
  5. Ancient Greekἀντι- (anti-)
  6. Englishanti-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*sek-?
  8. Proto-Indo-European*skey-der.?
  9. Proto-Germanic*skipą
  10. Proto-West Germanic*skip
  11. Old Englishscip
  12. Middle Englishschip
  13. Englishship
  14. English todayantiship

From anti- + ship (“vessel”).

antiship · adjective, verb2

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énti
  4. Ancient Greekᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́)
  5. Ancient Greekἀντι- (anti-)
  6. Englishanti-
  7. Englishrelation
  8. Proto-Germanic*skapjaną
  9. Englishrelationshipclip.
  10. Englishship
  11. English todayantiship

From anti- + ship (fandom slang).

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