Etymograph

English

seascraper

From sea + -scraper.

Formed from sea + -scraper

Proto-Germanic *saiwiz ‘sea, lake’

Proto-West Germanic *saiwi ‘body of water’

Old English sǣ

Middle English see ‘sea’

English sea

Today it means

noun A tall building that is built underwater; an underwater skyscraper.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “seascraper”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / seascraper