Etymograph

English

shuttlebay

From shuttle + bay, the word originally appeared in Star Trek, but has since appeared in a variety of other science-fiction and fantasy contexts.

Formed from shuttle + bay

Late Latin baia

French baie ‘bay’

English bay

The story

From shuttle + bay, the word originally appeared in Star Trek, but has since appeared in a variety of other science-fiction and fantasy contexts.

Today it means

noun A part of a starship in which space shuttles are kept.

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

Etymograph / shuttlebay