Etymology

asea

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Today it means: on the ocean; on a boat on the ocean Full definition →

English sea ← Middle English see ← Old English sǣ
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂en-
  2. Proto-Germanic*an
  3. Proto-West Germanic*ana
  4. Old Englishon
  5. Middle Englishan
  6. Middle Englisha-
  7. Englisha-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*seykʷ-
  9. Proto-Germanic*sīhwaną
  10. Proto-Germanic*saiwiz
  11. Proto-West Germanic*saiwi
  12. Old Englishsǣ
  13. Middle Englishsee
  14. Englishsea
  15. English todayasea

From a- + sea.

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