Etymology of the English word spaceship
the English word
spaceshipderived 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
shipderived from the Proto-Germanic root
*skipanUsage
Word found in Modern English