sailing.
Travelling by ship.
Meaning & usage
Travelling by ship.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English saylinge, seilinge, variants of sailende, seilende; equivalent to sail + -ing. Cognate with Dutch zeilend (“sailing”).
Motion across a body of water in a craft powered by the wind, as a sport or otherwise.
Navigation; the skill needed to operate and navigate a vessel.
The time of departure from a port.
A scheduled voyage by a ferry or ship.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English seyling, sayling, from Old English seġling, seġlung (“sailing”), from Proto-West Germanic *siglingu, *seglungu, from Proto-Germanic *siglingō (“sailing”); equivalent to sail + -ing. Cognate with Middle Low German sēgelinge (“sailing”), Swedish segling (“sailing”), Icelandic sigling (“sailing”).
present participle and gerund of sail
Where this word comes from
From Middle English saylinge, seilinge, variants of sailende, seilende; equivalent to sail + -ing. Cognate with Dutch zeilend (“sailing”).
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