skipper

Meaning

skip

Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈskɪp.ə(ɹ)/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle English skippere, skyppere, scippere, borrowed from Middle Dutch scipper, schipper, from Old Dutch *skipāri, from Proto-Germanic *skipārijaz. Piecewise doublet of shipper, from ship + -er.

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