Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryDarkness where light, particularly sunlight, is blocked. · Something that blocks light, particularly in a window. · A variety of a color, in particular one obtained by adding black (compare tint). · A subtle variation in a concept.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃- Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱh₃tús Proto-Germanic *skaduz Proto-West Germanic *skadu Old English sċeadu Middle English schade English shade Inherited from Middle English schade, from Old English sċeadu, from Proto-West Germanic *skadu, from Proto-Germanic *skaduz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱh₃tús, from *(s)ḱeh₃-. Doublet of shadow. Cognate with Ancient Greek σκότος (skótos) (whence English scoto-) and σκιά (skiá) (whence English scia-, and uncertainly via σκίουρος (skíouros) English squirrel).
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