Etymograph

English

Zeppelin

Zeppelin comes from German Zeppelin ‘rigid airship, Zeppelin’.

  1. Germanc. 1650–presentZeppelin‘rigid airship, Zeppelin’
  2. Englishtodaysame form

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Lineage

  1. Germanc. 1650–presentZeppelin‘rigid airship, Zeppelin’
  2. Englishtodaysame form

The story

Named after Ferdinand von Zeppelin, whose surname derives from the German town name Zepelin.

Every English word from German Zeppelin

Today it means

noun A type of large dirigible rigid airship of the early 20th century, built by the German Luftschiffbau Zeppelin and designed to carry passengers or bombs.

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