English

abovedeck

From above + deck.

A compound of above + deck

Proto-Indo-European *upó ‘up’

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Proto-West Germanic *biobanā

Old English bufan ‘over’

Old English ābufan

Middle English above

English above

Proto-Germanic *þakjaną

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Old Dutch thecken ‘to cover’

Middle Dutch decken ‘to roof’

Middle Dutch dec ‘roof’

Middle English dekke

English deck

Today it means

adv On deck.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / abovedeck