Origin of ship
1before 900; (noun) Middle English; Old English scip; cognate with Dutch schip, German Schiff, Old Norse, Gothic skip; (v.) Middle English s(c)hip(p)en, derivative of the noun
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ship
noun
verb ships, shipping or shipped
See also ship out
Word Origin for ship
Old English scip; related to Old Norse skip, Old High German skif ship, scipfī cup
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