English

mailship

From mail + ship.

Formed from mail + ship

Proto-Germanic *malhō ‘leather bag’

Frankish *malhu ‘bag’

Old French male ‘bag, wallet’

Anglo-Norman male

Middle English male ‘bag’

English mail

Proto-Germanic *skipą ‘ship’

Proto-West Germanic *skip

Old English sċip

Middle English chip

English ship

Today it means

noun A ship used to carry mail.

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

Etymograph / mailship