English

seapower

From sea + power.

A compound of sea + power

Proto-Germanic *saiwiz ‘sea, lake’

Proto-West Germanic *saiwi ‘body of water’

Old English sǣ

Middle English see ‘sea’

English sea

Proto-Italic *possom

Latin possum ‘to be able, can’

Vulgar Latin potēre

Old French poeir ‘to be able; power, ability’

Middle English power

English power

Today it means

noun naval military power

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

Etymograph / seapower