equip

The story

1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*skipōną“to ship, sail, embark”
2. Old Norse · derived fromskipa“to man (a ship)”
3. Germanic · derived from
4. Old French · derived fromesquiper“to embark”
5. French · derived froméquiper“to supply, fit out”
6. English todayequip

From French équiper (“to supply, fit out”), originally said of a ship, Old French esquiper (“to embark”); of Germanic origin, most probably from Old Norse skipa (“to man (a ship)”), from Proto-Germanic *skipōną (“to ship, sail, embark”). Compare with Middle High German schipfen, German schiffern, Icelandic skipa, Old English scipian. Doublet of ship.

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