English
dinghy
Dinghy comes from Bengali ডিঙি.
- Bengalimodernডিঙিḍiṅi
- Englishearliest quotation 1944dinghy
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Bengalimodernডিঙিḍiṅi
- Englishearliest quotation 1944dinghy
Earliest quotation: 1944, Miles Burton: “The dinghy was trailing astern at the end of…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *dóru ‘tree’
tree, trough, dory, druid, dendritic, larch, dendrite, 5 more
Today it means
noun A small open boat, propelled by oars or paddles, carried as a tender, lifeboat, or pleasure craft on a ship.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Bengali ডিঙি / dinghy