Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗A fragment of something; a particle; a piece; also, a very small amount. · A long, narrow piece (especially of fabric) cut or torn off; a strip; specifically, a piece of cloth or clothing. · A thin strand or wisp, as of a cloud, mist, etc. · A thin strip of fruit peel, a vegetable, etc., cut so that it curls.
From Middle English shrede, shred (“fragment, piece, scrap; piece cut off from something; strip of material; ornamental strip hanging from the edge of a garment; thread; band or thread woven in a garment; element, streak; plant (?)”) [and other forms], from Late Old English sċrēad, sċrēade (“piece cut off from something; a paring; a shred”), from Proto-Germanic *skraudō (“a piece, shred; a crack; a cut”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut off”). Doublet of escrow.
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