vessel
Middle English
/ˈvɛsɛl/
noun
Definitions
- A container or vessel; a box for storage:
- In several anatomical senses:
- A seafaring vessel; a boat or ship.
- (mainly Biblical) A machine, device, or method.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French vaissel derived from Latin vāscellum.
Origin
Latin
vāscellum
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- exvessel English
- intervessel English
- lightvessel English
- macrovessel English
- microvessel English
- multivessel English
- nanovessel English
- neovessel English
- perivessel English
- unvessel English
- vessel English
- vesselful English
- vesselness English
- vāscella Latin
- vāscellum Latin
- vāsculum Latin
- vesselling Middle English
- vesselment Middle English
- vaissel Old French
- vaissé Norman
- vaisselh Old Occitan
- vesselment xno