Etymology

shipping

ship·ping
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Today it means: The transportation of goods. Full definition →

Middle English schipping ← Old English scipian
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shipping · noun1

  1. Old English · derived fromscipian“to take ship; put in order, equip, man a ship”
  2. Middle English · derived fromschipping
  3. English todayshipping

From Middle English schipping, schyppynge, from schippen, schipen (“to take ship, navigate”), from Old English scipian (“to take ship; put in order, equip, man a ship”), equivalent to ship + -ing.

shipping · verb2

From ship + -ing.

shipping · noun3

Clipping of relationshipping.

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