bottomry
English
noun
Definitions
- (nautical) An early form of maritime contract in which owner of a ship could borrow money using the ship as collateral.
Etymology
Suffix from English bottom.
Origin
English
bottom
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antibottom English
- bottom English
- bottom-age English
- bottomed English
- bottomer English
- bottomhood English
- bottomland English
- bottomless English
- bottommost English
- bottomness English
- bottomonium English
- bottomward English
- bottomwards English
- bottomy English
- bottonium English
- hardbottom English
- power bottom English
- rebottom English
- sbottom English
- softbottom English
- subbottom English
- unbottomed English
- underbottom English
- bottom French
- botme Middle English
- botom Bislama