shipshape
‘marked by meticulous order and neatness’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
M.E. ship ‘seagoing vessel’ < O.E. scip ‘ship, boat, vessel of considerable size adapted to navigation’ < Proto-G. skipa- < ship < skei- + M.E. shapen < O.E. scapan < scieppan ‘to form, create, make out of existing materials; bring into existence; destine’ < Proto-G. skapjanan ‘create, ordain’ < M.Du. schappen ‘do, treat’ < G. schaffen ‘shape, create, produce’ < shayp < (s)kep- < Tamil kappu