English

tranship

From tran- + ship.

A compound of tran- + ship

Proto-Indo-European *terh₂- ‘through, throughout, over’

Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂-n̥ts

Proto-Italic *trānts

Latin trāns ‘across, on the far side, beyond’

English tran-

Proto-Germanic *skipą ‘ship’

Proto-West Germanic *skip

Old English sċip

Middle English chip

English ship

Today it means

verb To transfer goods from one ship or other conveyance to another.

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

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