Etymology of the English word spacecraft
the English word
spacecraftderived from the English word
spacederived from the Old French word
espacederived from the Latin word
spatium (interval, time, extent; race course, lap, circuit; space; area, expanse)
derived from the Latin word
patere (stand open, be open; extend)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*petÉ™-derived from the English word
craftderived from the Proto-Germanic root
*krab-Usage
Word found in Modern English
