Etymology

shipbound

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Today it means: in a ship; especially, being bound there, unable to leave. Full definition →

English bound ← Middle English bownde ← Old Norse búinn
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sek-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*skey-der.?
  3. Proto-Germanic*skipą
  4. Proto-West Germanic*skip
  5. Old Englishscip
  6. Middle Englishschip
  7. Englishship
  8. Old Norsebúinn
  9. Middle Englishbownde
  10. Englishbound
  11. English todayshipbound

From ship + -bound.

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