English

shiptime

From ship + time.

A compound of ship + time

Proto-Germanic *skipą ‘ship’

Proto-West Germanic *skip

Old English sċip

Middle English chip

English ship

Proto-Indo-European *deh₂y- ‘to divide’

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Proto-Germanic *tīmô ‘division, period; time’

Proto-West Germanic *tīmō

Old English tīma ‘time, period’

Middle English tyme

English time

Today it means

noun The local time on board a ship (or spacecraft).

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

Etymograph / shiptime