Ashore
/əˈʃɔːr/noun
On or toward the shore; onto land from the sea.
Did you know?Ashore is not a mystical word in origin, but it preserves the ancient maritime image of movement from open water to the safety of land, a boundary that carried huge symbolic weight in seafaring cultures.
Etymological Timeline
Old English
OE
on scora / on scēore
“on the shore, by the coast”
Middle English
ME
ashore
“to or on the shore”
Early Modern English
English
ashore
“onto land from the water”
Modern English
English
ashore
“on or toward the shore; onto land from the sea”