English
shipbound
From ship + bound.
Proto-Germanic *skipą ‘ship’
Proto-West Germanic *skip
Old English sċip
Middle English chip
English ship
Today it means
adj in a ship; especially, being bound there, unable to leave.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “shipbound”. 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 / shipbound