Etymology

lightvessel

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Today it means: A vessel with a light as a navigation aid; especially, a lightship. Full definition →

English vessel ← Middle English vessel ← Old French vaisse
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*lewk-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*lewktom
  3. Proto-Germanic*leuhtą
  4. Proto-West Germanic*leuht
  5. Old Englishlēoht
  6. Middle Englishlight
  7. Englishlight
  8. Proto-Italic*wāss
  9. Latinvās
  10. Latinvāsculum
  11. Late Latinvāscellum
  12. Old Frenchvaisse
  13. Middle Englishvessel
  14. Englishvessel
  15. English todaylightvessel

From light (noun) + vessel (noun).

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