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Fuselage

4 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means the main body of an aircraft

Where does the word "fuselage" come from? It comes from Latin fusus, passing through Old French and French before entering English (1909).

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Stage 1 of 4
fusus
Latin · ancient
"a spindle"
a plain word for a spindle
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Stage 2 of 4
fus
Old French · medieval
"a spindle"
kept the sense of a spindle
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Stage 3 of 4
fusele
French · 1800s
"spindle-shaped"
an adjective describing something tapered like a spindle
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Stage 4 of 4
fuselage
English · 1909
"the main body of an aircraft"
coined for an airplane's tapered central body
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