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10 Oct 2026, 00:14 by bogdan “Link word forms in etymologies” current version
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==Etymology==
− It is [[bor|frm|corvette|t=small, fast warship]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(Hoad 1986) probably from Middle Dutch ''corf'' “basket; a kind of small ship”,^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(Hoad 1986) or Middle Dutch ''corver'' “fishing boat; privateer”.^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline) The OED derives it from Latin ''corbīta'' “slow merchant ship”, from ''corbis'' “basket”, though Gamillscheg disagrees.^(Etymonline)^(Hendrickson 2008)
+ It is [[bor|frm|corvette|t=small, fast warship]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(Hoad 1986) probably from Middle Dutch [[m|dum|corf]] “basket; a kind of small ship”,^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(Hoad 1986) or Middle Dutch [[m|dum|corver]] “fishing boat; privateer”.^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline) The OED derives it from Latin [[m|la|corbīta]] “slow merchant ship”, from [[m|la|corbis]] “basket”, though Gamillscheg disagrees.^(Etymonline)^(Hendrickson 2008)
==Earliest recorded meaning==