English
kippage
Kippage comes from French équipage ‘crew (of a boat), ship's company’, from équiper ‘to supply’, and ultimately from Proto-Germanic *skipą ‘ship’.
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*skipą‘ship’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanic, derivedc. 500 BCE–200 CE*skipōną‘to ship, sail, embark’next step skipped: Old English sċipian
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400esquiper
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600same form
- Frenchc. 1600–presentéquiper‘to supply’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentéquipage‘crew (of a boat), ship's company’
- Englishearliest quotation 2008kippage
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*skipą‘ship’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanic, derivedc. 500 BCE–200 CE*skipōną‘to ship, sail, embark’next step skipped: Old English sċipian
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400esquiper
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600same form
- Frenchc. 1600–presentéquiper‘to supply’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentéquipage‘crew (of a boat), ship's company’
- Englishearliest quotation 2008kippage
Earliest quotation: 2008, Amitav Ghosh, Sea of Poppies: “To find a kippage for a convict ship was…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *skey- ‘to split, to dissect’
nice, science, scientific, shift, shed, conscious, kyle, ski, shin, squire, sheath, skipper, skeet, scuttle, prescient, chine, skein, scullery, shud, 41 more
through Proto-Germanic *skipą ‘ship’
through Proto-Germanic *skipōną ‘to ship, sail, embark’
through French équiper ‘to supply’
Today it means
noun Those sailing together on a ship, both crew and passengers.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *skipą / kippage