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shade

/ˈʃeɪd/SHAYD
/ˈʃeɪd/SHAYD

Meaningpartial darkness from blocked light

Common meaning: partial darkness from blocked light

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√SKA‘cover, shade, hide’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 395, p. 744 · scan
  2. Old Englishsceadu‘shade, nent’sourceB&T
  3. Middle Englishschadesource
  4. Englishshade‘partial darkness from blocked light’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Old English sceadu ‘partial darkness from blocked light’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry SHADE, p. 543 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • sceadu Old English “partial darkness from blocked light”

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