"waveborne" meaning in English

See waveborne in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: From wave + -borne. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|wave|-borne|text=+|tree=1}} From wave + -borne., {{ety|en|:af|wave|-borne|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English wave Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti Proto-Germanic *beraną Proto-West Germanic *beran Old English beran Old English (ġe)boren Middle English boren /iborne English borne English -borne English waveborne From wave + -borne. Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} waveborne (not comparable)
  1. Carried or spread by waves. Tags: not-comparable
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