Boating
/ˈboʊtɪŋ/noun
The activity or sport of traveling on water in a boat.
Did you know?Boating is built on the ancient word for a small vessel, and that same root also gave English the everyday word for a wooden container: a box.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*baitaz / *baitō
“A boat or small vessel”
Old English
OE
bāt
“A boat, vessel, or small craft”
Middle English
ME
boote / bote
“A boat”
Modern English
English
boat
“A small vessel for traveling on water”
Modern English
English
boating
“The activity of traveling or recreating in a boat”