disembark

verb

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des-bor. ▲ Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English em- English bark English embark English disembark From dis- + embark.

1. To remove from on board a vessel; to put on shore

   “The general disembarked the troops.”

   “Go to the bay, and disembark my coffers.”

2. To go ashore out of a ship or boat; to leave a train or aircraft.

   “This time I disembark at Dumbarton Central, a station with two island platforms blessed with yellow brick buildings and iron canopies dating from 1896, and listed Grade A.”

3. To go ashore from (a boat); to leave (a train or aircraft)

   “We disembarked the ferry.”