seafaring

Meanings

Adjective

• Living one's life at sea.
• Fit to travel on the sea; seagoing.

Noun

• The act, process, or practice of travelling the seas
• The work, or calling of a sailor.

Origin

• From Middle English safarinde, see farand, se farinde, equivalent to sea + faring. Compare Old English sǣlīþende. Cognate with Dutch zeevarend, German Low German seefahrend,
• German seefahrend, Danish søfarende, Swedish sjöfarande.
• From sea + faring.