Shipping

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Old English scip (noun), late Old English scipian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch schip and German Schiff .

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From Middle English schipping, schyppynge, from schippen, schipen(“to take ship, navigate”), from Old English scipian(“to take ship; put in order, equip, man a ship”), equivalent to ship +‎ -ing.

From ship +‎ -ing.

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shipping (n.)

c. 1300, "a ship," from ship (n.). Meaning "act of sending (freight) by a ship, etc." is from late 15c. As "ships generally or collectively" from 1590s.