English

enship

Alteration of earlier inship, equivalent to in- + ship.

Formed from in- + ship

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Germanic *in ‘into’

English in-

Proto-Germanic *skipą ‘ship’

Proto-West Germanic *skip

Old English sċip

Middle English chip

English ship

Today it means

verb To put aboard a ship.

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